A vertically-pointing Doppler radar to measure precipitation characteristics in the tropics

Author

Eastment, J.D. ; Thurai, M. ; Ladd, D.N. ; Moore, I.N.

Author_Institution

Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK

Volume

33

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1336

Lastpage

1340

Abstract

Describes the design and preliminary results from a vertically-pointing pulsed S-band Doppler radar, capable of measuring reflectivity (dBZ), linear depolarization ratio (LDR), and the Doppler spectrum. The data reported were acquired during a short experimental campaign while the radar was sited in Southern UK. The system has now been sent to Papua New Guinea for a 12 month programme of statistical measurements on the nature of tropical rainfall. The results from this study will be applicable to communications system engineering in the tropics, and in providing ground truth for satellite-based rainfall measurements for global climatic modeling

Keywords

Doppler radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; meteorological instruments; meteorological radar; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; rain; remote sensing by radar; Papua New Guinea; SHF; UHF; equipment; linear depolarization ratio; measurement technique; meteorology; microwave radar; precipitation; pulsed S-band Doppler radar; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; rain; rainfall; reflectivity; tropical atmosphere; tropics; vertically-pointing Doppler radar; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Data acquisition; Doppler radar; Frequency; Pulse measurements; Radar measurements; Radio transmitters; Rain; Size measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.477192

Filename

477192