Monostatic CW radar system for microwave attenuation measurements for atmospheric water vapor estimate

Author

Cuccoli, F. ; Facheris, L.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Univ. di Firenze, Italy

Volume

6

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

3215

Abstract

In this paper we report the first simulation-based results concerning the potential of a CW radar system for differential attenuation measurements around 19 GHz. The objective is the estimate of the columnar water vapor from a LEO satellite or from airplanes carrying a nadir pointing radar system. Simulations are based on a microwave propagation model for atmosphere, radiosonde data, and ground backscattering cross section models. The correlation between the radar output and the columnar water vapor is shown.

Keywords

CW radar; airborne radar; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; meteorological radar; microwave propagation; spaceborne radar; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 19 GHz; LEO satellite radar; aircraft radar; atmospheric water vapor estimate; ground backscattering cross section models; microwave attenuation measurements; microwave propagation; monostatic CW radar system; nadir pointing radar; radiosonde data; Airplanes; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation measurement; Low earth orbit satellites; Microwave propagation; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Satellite broadcasting; 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.2002.1027134

Filename

1027134