Title :
Rainfall and snowfall observations by the airborne dual-frequency precipitation radar during the Wakasa Bay Experiment
Author :
Tanelli, Simone ; Im, Eastwood ; Durden, Stephen L. ; Meagher, Jonathan P.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
Radar data obtained through the NASA/JPL Airborne Precipitation Radar APR-2 during the Wakasa Bay Experiment in January/February 2003 were processed to obtain calibrated reflectivity measurements, rainfall/snowfall velocity measurements, classification of the surface type and detection of the boundaries of the melting layer of precipitation. In this paper the processing approach is described together with an overview of the resulting data quality and known issues
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; meteorological radar; rain; snow; AD 2003 01 to 02; Japan; NASA/JPL APR-2; Wakasa Bay Experiment; airborne precipitation radar; data quality; radar data; rainfall observations; rainfall/snowfall velocity measurements; reflectivity measurements; snowfall observations; Airborne radar; Calibration; NASA; Pulse compression methods; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Reflectivity; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370380
