Title :
Measurement simulations from spaceborne weather radar
Author :
Gabella, Marco ; Pavone, Sebastiano ; Perona, Giovanni ; Zoccali, Ilaria
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
The need to oversee the meteorological phenomena evolution in those areas of the Earth which are not covered by ground-based meteorological radar is now possible with spaceborne weather radar. The Spaceborne Weather Radar Simulator (SWRS) is a software program developed to simulate the reflected power from ground, sea and meteorological targets. It has been constructed in such a way to accept inputs concerning both, instrument and target specifications
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; backscatter; geophysics computing; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; SWRS; Spaceborne Weather Radar Simulator; atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; radar remote sensing; radar theory; simulation; software program; spaceborne radar; weather radar; Doppler radar; Frequency estimation; Instruments; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar antennas; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.861619
