• DocumentCode
    2289718
  • Title

    CloudSat: The Cloud Profiling Radar Mission

  • Author

    Im, Eastwood ; Durden, Stephen L. ; Tanelli, Simone

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    16-19 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The cloud profiling radar (CPR), the primary science instrument of the CloudSat mission, is a 94-GHz nadir-looking radar that measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar. This instrument will acquire a global time series of vertical cloud structure at 500-m vertical resolution and 1.4-km horizontal resolution. CPR will operate in a short-pulse mode and will yield measurements at a minimum detectable sensitivity of -28 dBZ
  • Keywords
    atmospheric techniques; backscatter; clouds; radar resolution; spaceborne radar; time series; 1.4 km; 500 m; 94 GHz; CPR; CloudSat; backscattering; cloud profiling radar mission; distance measurement; science instrument; short-pulse mode; time series; Aerosols; Airborne radar; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Water; Cloud; backscatter; calibration; radar; reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar, 2006. CIE '06. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9582-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9583-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICR.2006.343540
  • Filename
    4148221