Data · collection · 2026
SnowEx20 Airborne SWESARR Backscatter Intensity Raw V001
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
This data set contains raw airborne microwave observations from the Goddard Space Flight Center SWESARR (Snow Water Equivalent Synthetic Aperture Radar and Radiometer) instrument collected during the SnowEx 2020 field campaign at Grand Mesa, Colorado.
Description
Data collection occurred over 10 microsecond intervals along a ~5 minute flight line using three frequencies (9.65, 13, and 17 GHz) in two polarization modes (VV and VH).
All of the data files were acquired over a 3-day flight campaign in November 2019 and a 3-day flight campaign in February 2020. Available data include measured complex backscatter in in-phase and quadrature binary format, along with supporting metadata.
Links
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- nsidc.org /data/data-access-tool/SNEX20_SWESARR_Raw/versions/1 ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C4177478448-NSIDC_CPRD ↗
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- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C4177478448-NSIDC_CPRD ↗
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- earthaccess.readthedocs.io /en/stable ↗
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/cu5ramggllhc ↗
Provides access to data, documentation, tools, citation information, support, and other resources.
landing page · documentation · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- nsidc.org /sites/default/files/documents/technical-reference/snex20_swesa… ↗
SnowEx20 Airborne SWESARR Backscatter Intensity Raw, Version 1 Technical Reference
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4177478448-NSIDC_CPRD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4177478448-NSIDC_CPRD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4177478448-NSIDC_CPRD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:swesarr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/radar/radar-backscatter | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:dhc-6 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |