The ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar: results from recent field tests

Author

Hildebrand, Peter H. ; Walther, Craig

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 May 1996

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

43

Abstract

The ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar was placed in service by US and French atmospheric sciences research laboratories. The ELDOR/ASTRAIA radar is designed to provide high resolution measurements of the air motion and rainfall characteristics of very large storms which are frequently too large or too remote to be adequately observed by ground-based radars. This paper discusses the measurement requirements and the design goals of the radar and presents sample measurements from a weather research field program

Keywords

Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric movements; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; storms; ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar; air motion; design goals; field tests; high resolution measurements; rainfall; very large storms; Dynamic range; Frequency; Meteorological radar; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Radar signal processing; Sampling methods; Storms; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3145-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1996.510653

Filename

510653