DPR

DPR Ka Radar Data Acquisition has been Restored

Following a reset of the DPR to Standby Mode that occurred on April 22, 2020, the DPR Ka radar data acquisition has been restored. PPS is releasing the DPR and downstream data for distribution from April 22, 2020 - April 30, 2020. There are continuing short data outages for the radar that are being investigated and corrective measures are scheduled to be applied on May 14, 2020. PPS will be releasing May 2020 data in stages with an expected return to normal data availability soon after the corrective measures are applied. For Level-1 and Level-2 products, users should check the dataQuality
GPM observes Hurricane Dorian lashing Florida
Download in high resolution from the NASA Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio GPM captured Dorian at 10:41 UTC (6:41 am EDT) on the 4th of September when the storm was moving north-northwest parallel to the coast of Florida about 90 miles due east of Daytona Beach. Three days earlier, Dorian had struck the northern Bahamas as one of the most powerful Category 5 hurricanes on record in the Atlantic with sustained winds of 185 mph. Weakening steering currents allowed the powerful storm to ravage the northern Bahamas for 2 full days. During this time, Dorian began to weaken due to its...
GPM Observes Hurricane Dorian Over Bahamas
Download in high resolution from the NASA Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio. The NASA / JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory flew over Hurricane Dorian on September 1st (5:22pm ET / 21:22 UTC) as the storm was directly over Abaco Island in The Bahamas. The satellite captured data on rainfall rates within the storm as it flew over using its Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) and GPM Microwave Imager (GMI). In this animation the multi-satellite GPM IMERG product is shown first to illustrate rainfall rates prior to the overpass. When the camera zooms in data...
Date Last Updated
July 1st, 2024
Document Description

This document describes the basic idea of DPR data processing. It was originally written for the algorithm used in the at-launch version (V03). The algorithm has been modified and improved since then. Although the basic idea of data processing remains the same, the actual flow of processing, in particular that in the solver module, has changed substantially. As a result, some part of description in Section 3.1 may not be relevant any more.

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Dive Into a 360-View of Hurricane Maria
Two days before Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the NASA/JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite captured a 3D view of the 2017 storm. At the time Maria was a category 1 hurricane. The 3-D view reveals the processes inside the hurricane that would fuel the storm’s intensification to a category 5 storm within 24 hours. For the first time in 360 degrees, this data visualization takes you inside the hurricane. The precipitation satellite has an advanced radar that measures both liquid and frozen water. The brightly colored dots show areas of rainfall, where green...

Replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B products (2018-05-18) for orbit 23969

PPS received replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B products from JAXA and will reprocess the affected data including Level 2 and 3 data. If you have already obtained products with orbit#23969 from our archive or through a standing order, etc., please discard and use the replacement products. PPS has replaced the following GPM Ka/Ku L1B data: GPMCOR_KUR_1805180849_1022_023969_1BS_DUB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KAR_1805180849_1022_023969_1BS_DAB_05A.h5 PPS will reprocess the following L2-3 downstream products: 2AKa 2A.GPM.Ka.V7-20170308.20180518-S084951-E102226.023969.V05A.HDF5 2AKu 2A.GPM.Ku.V7-20170308.20180518
GPM Gets Flake-y
In this video GPM Project Scientist Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson explains how scientists can measure the size, shape and distribution of snow particles, layer by layer, in a storm using GPM. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission is an international satellite project that provides next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours.

Replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B products (2017-12-31) for orbit 21819-21821

PPS received replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B (21819-21821) products from JAXA and will reprocess the affected data including Level 2 and 3 data. If you have already obtained products with orbit# 21819-21821 from our archive or through a standing order, etc., please discard and use the replacement products. PPS has replaced the following GPM Ka/Ku L1B data: GPMCOR_KUR_1712310333_0505_021819_1BS_DUB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KAR_1712310333_0505_021819_1BS_DAB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KUR_1712310505_0638_021820_1BS_DUB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KAR_1712310505_0638_021820_1BS_DAB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KUR_1712310638_0810_021821_1BS_DUB_05A.h5

Replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B products (2017-11-28) for Orbit 21313

PPS received replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B products from JAXA and will reprocess the affected data including Level 2 and 3 data. If you have already obtained products with orbit# 21313 from our archive or through a standing order, etc., please discard and use the replacement products. PPS has replaced the following GPM Ka/Ku L1B data: GPMCOR_KUR_1711281456_1629_021313_1BS_DUB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KAR_1711281456_1629_021313_1BS_DAB_05A.h5 PPS will reprocess the following L2-3 downstream products: 2ADPR 2A.GPM.DPR.V7-20170308.20171128-S145653-E162926.021313.V05A.HDF5 2AKa 2A.GPM.Ka.V7-20170308.20171128

Replacement GPM Ka/Ku L1B products (2017-09-29) for orbit 20378-20379

PPS received replacement GPM Ka L1B (20378) and Ka/Ku L1B (20379) products from JAXA and will reprocess the affected data including Level 2 and 3 data. If you have already obtained products with orbit# 20378-20379 from our archive or through a standing order, etc., please discard and use the replacement products. PPS has replaced the following GPM Ka/Ku L1B data with empty granules: GPMCOR_KAR_1709291217_1349_020378_1BS_DAB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KAR_1709291349_1522_020379_1BS_DAB_05A.h5 GPMCOR_KUR_1709291349_1522_020379_1BS_DUB_05A.h5 PPS has reprocessed the affected L2-3 downstream products. If you