Title :
Spaceborne Doppler radars for atmospheric dynamics and energy budget studies
Author :
Tanelli, Simone ; Im, E. ; Durden, Stephen L. ; Giuli, Dino ; Facheris, Luca
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
The successful deployments of the first spaceborne precipitation radar (TRMM/PR Ku-band, 1997 ) and spaceborne cloud radar (CloudSat/CPR W-band, 2006 ) have demonstrated the feasibility of monitoring atmospheric processes from space with vertical resolutions of a few hundred meters. Future missions being implemented (EarthCARE, W-band ) or envisaged (ACE, Ka- and W-band ) include use of coherent detection to measure the first moment of the Doppler spectrum to observe and analyze the dynamics of atmospheric systems. In this talk we discuss the main challenges and potentials of measuring the Doppler velocity of clouds and precipitation from space.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; atmospheric techniques; spaceborne radar; Doppler velocity; atmospheric dynamics; atmospheric processes monitoring; spaceborne Doppler radars; spaceborne cloud radar; spaceborne precipitation radar; Airborne radar; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Doppler radar; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Power measurement; Spaceborne radar; Velocity measurement; Clouds and Precipitation; Doppler Radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4721127
