A vertically-pointing Doppler radar to study the precipitation characteristics in the tropics

Author

Thurai, M. ; Eastment, J.D. ; Ladd, D.N. ; Moore, I.N.

Author_Institution

Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Abstract

In order to study the precipitation characteristics in tropical regions, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is currently engaged in an experimental programme to develop a 3 GHz vertically-pointing pulsed Doppler radar, capable of measuring the co-polar reflectivity (2), cross-polar reflectivity (LDR) and the full Doppler spectrum. The magnetron-based radar has been designed and built and is now undergoing tests to investigate the optimum signal processing algorithms for fast and efficient processing of pulse-to-pulse data

Keywords

Doppler radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; geophysical signal processing; meteorological instruments; meteorological radar; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; radar signal processing; rain; remote sensing by radar; 3 GHz; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; co-polar reflectivity; cross-polar reflectivity; instrument apparatus; magnetron-based radar; measurement technique; meteorological radar; meteorology; microwave radar; polarization; precipitation; pulsed Doppler radar; radar polarimetry; rain; remote sensing; signal processing algorithm; tropical atmosphere; tropics; vertically-pointing Doppler radar; Algorithm design and analysis; Current measurement; Doppler radar; Laboratories; Pulse measurements; Radar signal processing; Reflectivity; Signal design; Signal processing algorithms; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.523992

Filename

523992