Title :
An S-band Doppler radar to measure precipitation characteristics in the tropics
Author :
Eastment, J.D. ; Thurai, M. ; Ladd, D.N. ; Moore, I.N.
Author_Institution :
Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
Abstract :
Describes the design and preliminary results from a vertically-pointing pulsed S-band Doppler radar, capable of measuring reflectivity (Z), linear depolarisation ratio (LDR), and the Doppler spectrum. The data reported were acquired during a short experimental campaign while the radar was sited at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. In 1995, the system will be transported to Papua New Guinea for a 12 month programme of statistical measurements on the nature of tropical rainfall. The results from that study will be applicable to communications system engineering in the tropics, and in providing ground truth for satellite-based rainfall measurements for global climatic modelling
Keywords :
Doppler radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; meteorological radar; radar equipment; rain; remote sensing by radar; 3 GHz; Doppler spectrum; Papua New Guinea; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; communications system engineering; linear depolarisation ratio; precipitation characteristics; pulsed S-band Doppler radar; rain; rainfall; reflectivity; satellite-based rainfall measurements; statistical measurements; tropics;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Meteorology, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19950201
