Title :
Airborne rain mapping radar and preliminary observations during TOGA/COARE
Author :
Li, F. ; Durden, S.L. ; Im, E. ; Tanner, A. ; Ricketts, W. ; Wilson, W. ; Meneghini, R. ; Iguchi, T. ; Nakamura, K.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
An Airborne Rain MApping Radar (ARMAR) has been developed by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for operation on the NASA DC-8 aircraft. ARMAR simulates the TRMM radar system by using the 13.8 GHz frequency and by looking downward and scanning its antenna in the cross-track direction. The capabilities of ARMAR also include: vertical rain profiling at multiple polarization, Doppler velocity profiling, and brightness temperature measurement. ARMAR participated in TOGA COARE in the tropical pacific during January and February of 1993. Various tropical rain systems were observed during this experiment
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; polarimetry; rain; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; 13.8 GHz; ARMAR; Airborne Rain MApping Radar; COARE; Doppler velocity profiling; SHF microwave; TOGA; TRMM; airborne radar remote sensing; atmosphere meteorology; cross-track direction; geophysical measurement technique; multiple polarization; polarimetry; tropical pacific; vertical rain profiling; Airborne radar; Aircraft propulsion; Directive antennas; Doppler radar; Frequency; Laboratories; NASA; Polarization; Radar antennas; Rain;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1240-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322208
