• DocumentCode
    2151825
  • Title

    Development of the spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission

  • Author

    Senbokuva, Y. ; Satoh, Shinsuke ; Furukawa, Kinji ; Koiima, M. ; Hanado, Hiroshi ; Takahashi, Nobuhiro ; Iguchi, Toshio ; Nakamur, Kenji

  • Author_Institution
    GPM/DPR Project Team, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    3566
  • Abstract
    The Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) installed on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core satellite is being developed by JAXA and NICT. This paper describes the mission objectives, the precipitation measurement method and techniques, and the construction of the DPR
  • Keywords
    airborne radar; artificial satellites; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; Global Precipitation Measurement; JAXA; NICT; artificial satellite; precipitation measurement; spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency measurement; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radiometers; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Snow; Spaceborne radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Anchorage, AK
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8742-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370481
  • Filename
    1370481
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2151825