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

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

743

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: Z_eHH, Z_DR, 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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516461

Filename

516461