Title :
The ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar: results from recent field tests
Author :
Hildebrand, Peter H. ; Walther, Craig
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar was placed in service by US and French atmospheric sciences research laboratories. The ELDOR/ASTRAIA radar is designed to provide high resolution measurements of the air motion and rainfall characteristics of very large storms which are frequently too large or too remote to be adequately observed by ground-based radars. This paper discusses the measurement requirements and the design goals of the radar and presents sample measurements from a weather research field program
Keywords :
Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric movements; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; storms; ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar; air motion; design goals; field tests; high resolution measurements; rainfall; very large storms; Dynamic range; Frequency; Meteorological radar; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Radar signal processing; Sampling methods; Storms; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE National
Conference_Location :
Ann Arbor, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3145-1
DOI :
10.1109/NRC.1996.510653
