ARMAR observations of the melting layer during TOGA COARE

Author

Durden, Stephen L. ; Kitlyakara, A. ; Im, Eastwood ; Tanner, Alan B. ; Haddad, Ziad S. ; Li, Fuk K. ; Wilson, William J.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

35

Issue

6

fYear

1997

fDate

11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1453

Lastpage

1456

Abstract

The NASA/JPL Airborne Rain MApping Radar (ARMAR) was operated on the NASA DC-8 aircraft during TOGA COARE in early 1993. On 12 flights ARMAR observed stratiform precipitation associated with mesoscale convective systems. The statistics of 16 melting layer parameters, including maximum reflectivity, cooling rate, Doppler velocity, LDR, and the HH-VV correlation coefficient are presented and discussed

Keywords

airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; rain; remote sensing by radar; 13.8 GHz; AD 1993; ARMAR observations; Airborne Rain MApping Radar; Doppler velocity; LDR; Pacific; SHF; TOGA COARE; airborne radar; atmosphere; cooling rate; maximum reflectivity; measurement technique; melting layer; mesoscale convective system; meteorological radar; microwave radar; polarization correlation coefficient; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; rain; stratiform precipitation; Airborne radar; Calibration; Doppler radar; NASA; Oceans; Polarization; Radar scattering; Rain; Reflectivity; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.649800

Filename

649800