Rainfall observations by the airborne dual-frequency precipitation radar during CAMEX-4

Author

Im, E. ; Durden, S.L. ; Sadowy, G. ; Li, L.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

281

Abstract

The 2^nd Generation Precipitation Radar is a new design for a dual-frequency (13.4 and 35.6 GHz) spaceborne precipitation radar. An airborne PR-2 simulator has been developed to demonstrate key technologies. This airborne system was flown on the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the 4^th Convection and Moisture Experiment in 2001. Data were acquired in Tropical Storms Chantal and Gabrielle, Hurricane Humberto, and in several more localized convective systems. The authors discuss the design of the PR-2 airborne radar and show observations from CAMEX-4. Overall, the observations validated the design of PR-2 and provide an extensive data set for scientific analyses.

Keywords

airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; meteorological instruments; rain; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; storms; 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz; CAMEX-4; EHF; PR-2; Precipitation Radar; SHF; airborne radar; atmosphere; dual frequency; measurement technique; precipitation radar; radar remote sensing; rain; rainfall; spaceborne radar; tropical storm; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Circuits; Linear antenna arrays; NASA; Radar antennas; Radio frequency; Reflector antennas; Space technology; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025013

Filename

1025013