Title :
Next-generation spaceborne Cloud Profiling Radars
Author :
Tanelli, Simone ; Durden, Stephen L. ; Im, Eastwood ; Heymsfield, Gerald M. ; Racette, Paul ; Starr, Dave O.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
One of the instruments recommended for deployment on the Aerosol/Cloud/Echosystems (ACE) mission is a new advanced Cloud Profiling Radar (ACE-CPR). The atmospheric sciences community has initiated the effort to define the scientific requirements for this instrument. Initial studies focusing on system configuration, performance and feasibility start from the successful experience of the Cloud Profiling Radar on CloudSat Mission (CS-CPR), the first 94-GHz nadir-looking spaceborne radarwhich has been acquiring global time series of vertical cloud structure since June 2, 2006. In this paper we address the significance of CloudSat´s accomplishments in regards to the design and development of radars for future cloud profiling missions such as EarthCARE and ACE.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; ACE; Aerosol/Cloud/Echosystems mission; CloudSat Mission; EarthCARE; cloud structure; global time series; radars design; radars development; spaceborne Cloud Profiling Radars; system configuration; system feasibility; system performance; Aerosols; Airborne radar; Clouds; Doppler radar; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; NASA; Space missions; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; ACE; CloudSat; EarthCARE; cloud radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2870-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977116
