Multi-frequency radar observations of liquid clouds

Author

Sekelsky, Stephen M.

Author_Institution

Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1807

Abstract

Demonstrates the use of the differential extinction technique with two attenuating radar wavelengths to determine microphysical properties of liquid clouds. High resolution Ka-band (33 GHz) and W-band (95 GHz) liquid cloud measurements collected with the University of Massachusetts Cloud Profiling Radar System (CPRS) are presented from the Mt. Washington Icing Sensors Program (MWISP). Insect contamination is not an issue for these measurements because of the low ambient temperature

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; 33 GHz; 95 GHz; CPRS; MWISP; Mt. Washington Icing Sensors Program; University of Massachusetts Cloud Profiling Radar System; W-band radar; ambient temperature; attenuating radar wavelengths; differential extinction technique; high resolution Ka-band radar; insect contamination; liquid cloud measurements; liquid clouds; microphysical properties; multi-frequency radar observations; Attenuation; Clouds; Insects; Laser radar; Pollution measurement; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858130

Filename

858130