Triple-wavelength radar for cloud and precipitation microphysics research

Author

Majurec, N. ; Sekelsky, S.M. ; Schaubert, D.H. ; Hong, Y. ; Rutledge, S.A. ; Stephens, G.L. ; Heymsfield, A.

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

2826

Abstract

The University of Massachusetts, Colorado State University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research are collaborating to develop an advanced Multi-Frequency Radar (MFR) system for studying clouds and precipitation, which should become operational in 2004. This highly portable radar consists of three polarimetric Doppler subsystems operating at Ku-band (13.8 GHz), Ka-band (33 GHz) and W-band (95 GHz), a programmable scanning pedestal, and a unique single aperture antenna that generates co-located matched beams at each wavelength. This combination of wavelengths allows measurement of a wide range of atmospheric targets including weakly reflecting clouds and precipitation.

Keywords

Doppler radar; atmospheric precipitation; clouds; meteorological radar; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; Colorado State University; Ka-band; Ku-band; MFR system; Multi-Frequency Radar; National Center for Atmospheric Research; University of Massachusetts; W-band; cloud research; polarimetric Doppler subsystems; portable radar; precipitation microphysics research; programmable scanning pedestal; single aperture antenna; triple-wavelength radar; weakly reflecting clouds; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric waves; Clouds; Collaboration; Doppler radar; Radar antennas; Radar polarimetry; Wavelength measurement;

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.2002.1026789

Filename

1026789