Capabilities and recent results from the ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP)

Author

Bidwell, S.W. ; Heymsfield, G.M. ; Caylor, I.J.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1550

Abstract

The ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP) is an X-band (9.60 GHz) Doppler radar flown on the high-altitude (nom. 20 km) NASA ER-2 aircraft. A major objective of EDOP is the study of air motions within convective precipitating regions from the strong updraft regions to the cirrus anvil regions. It is common for EDOP to fly with a complement of passive and active precipitation and water vapor instruments on the ER-2. The purpose of this paper is to describe the EDOP instrument specifications and capabilities and to very briefly describe recent data and research activity

Keywords

Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric movements; atmospheric precipitation; clouds; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; 20 km; 9.6 GHz; EDOP; ER-2 Doppler radar; X-band; air motions; cirrus anvil regions; convective precipitating regions; strong updraft regions; water vapor; Aircraft; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Doppler radar; Instruments; Motion estimation; Nose; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; 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.1996.516727

Filename

516727