Title :
Airborne W-band radar measurements of the Doppler spectrum of light precipitation
Author :
Galloway, John ; Pazmany, Andrew ; McIntosh, Robert ; Leon, David ; French, Jeff ; Haimov, Sam ; Kelly, Robert ; Vali, Gabor
Author_Institution :
Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents Doppler spectrum measurements of drizzle and marine stratocumulus clouds from the University of Wyoming King Air W-band radar taken during the Coastal Stratus experiment off the coast of Oregon during late 1995. Comparisons with 2D PMS laser size spectrometer measurements of the same region indicate substantial agreement between the two approaches to drop size spectrum measurement
Keywords :
Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; particle size measurement; rain; remote sensing by radar; AD 1995; Doppler spectrum; EHF; North Pacific; Oregon; USA; University of Wyoming King Air W-band radar; W-band radar; airborne radar; drizzle; drop size; light precipitation; marine atmosphere; marine stratocumulus cloud; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microphysics; millimetric radar; mm wave; particle size; radar remote sensing; rain; raindrop; rainfall; Airborne radar; Calibration; Clouds; Doppler radar; Laser radar; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Size measurement; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.608894
