Title :
CloudSat radar instrument design and development status
Author :
Im, Eastwood ; Durden, Stephen L. ; Li, Fuk K. ; Wu, Chialin ; Haddad, Ziad S.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Cloud Profiling Radar is the key science instrument for the CloudSat Mission to acquire a global data set of vertical atmospheric cloud structure and its variability. CPR is a 94-GHz nadir-looking radar that measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar. This sensor is expected to provide cloud measurements at a 500-m vertical resolution and a 1.5-km horizontal resolution. CPR will operate in a short-pulse mode and will yield measurements at a minimum detectable sensitivity of -28 dBZ
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; clouds; meteorological radar; spaceborne radar; 94 GHz; Cloud Profiling Radar; CloudSat radar instrument design; backscatter; development status; distance; nadir-looking radar; short-pulse mode; vertical atmospheric cloud structure; Absorption; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Instruments; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Reflectivity; Reflector antennas; Spaceborne radar; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976604
