Title :
Calibration of an airborne W-Band polarimeter using drizzle and a trihedral corner reflector
Author :
Galloway, John ; Pazmany, Andy ; McIntosh, Robert ; Kelly, Robert ; Vali, Gaboir
Author_Institution :
Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
Calibration of an airborne 95 GHz polarimetric radar was accomplished using measurements of a corner reflector and freezing drizzle. The calibrated data products included: ZeHH, ZDR, and LDR. This paper presents the measurements made to calibrate the 95 GHz polarimeter´s cloud measurements and an analysis of measurement sensitivity to calibration errors
Keywords :
airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; calibration; clouds; meteorological radar; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; 95 GHz; EHF; W-Band polarimeter; airborne radar; atmosphere; calibration; cloud; freezing drizzle; measurement sensitivity; measurement technique; meteorological radar; meteorology; millimetric radar; mm wave; radar polarimetry; rain; remote sensing; trihedral corner reflector; Airborne radar; Calibration; Clouds; Polarization; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International
Conference_Location :
Lincoln, NE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3068-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516461
