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TROPICS L2 Tropical Cyclone Microwave Products
GES DISC TROPICS_L2 cloud-native ~30 km nadir ~60-min revisit at the tropics NetCDF atmospherehurricanesmicrowave

4-satellite small-sat constellation purpose-built for tropical cyclone monitoring — sub-hourly microwave inner-core observations.

TROPICS L2 Tropical Cyclone Microwave Products

4-satellite small-sat constellation purpose-built for tropical cyclone monitoring — sub-hourly microwave inner-core observations.

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Gotchas

  • Provisional — not yet fully validated for operational use
  • Tropics-only; not global
  • Use along with GPM IMERG for full storm hydrology
  • Other datasets: d017

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

tropics_l2_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="TROPICS_*",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from GES DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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