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Description

The Microwave Atmospheric Sounder on Cubesat (MASC) CPEX dataset contains products obtained from the MASC instrument onboard the DC-8 aircraft. These data were collected in support of the NASA Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX) field campaign. The CPEX field campaign took place in the North Atlantic-Gulf of America-Caribbean Sea region from 25 May-25 June 2017. CPEX conducted a total of sixteen DC-8 missions from 27 May-24 June. The CPEX campaign collected data to help explain convective storm initiation, organization, growth, and dissipation in the North Atlantic-Gulf of America-Caribbean Oceanic region during the early summer of 2017. These data are available from May 27, 2017 through June 21, 2017 and are available in HDF-5 format.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA DC-8
Instruments
MASC
Spatial Extent
N: 29.0499 S: 16.541 E: -69.04 W: -94.4072
Geographic Region
CARIBBEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2017-05-27 to 2017-06-21
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
c2658475027-ghrc_daac
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Padmanabhan, S. (2025). Microwave Atmospheric Sounder on Cubesat (MASC) CPEX [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CPEX/MASC/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2025-07-03

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Title Not Provided CPEX Field Campaign Collection DOI
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION MASC Instrument During the CPEX Field Campaign
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION NASA CASEI - Microwave Atmospheric Sounder on Cubesat (MASC)
USER'S GUIDE The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset

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