Airborne W-band radar measurements of the Doppler spectrum of light precipitation

Author

Galloway, John ; Pazmany, Andrew ; McIntosh, Robert ; Leon, David ; French, Jeff ; Haimov, Sam ; Kelly, Robert ; Vali, Gabor

Author_Institution

Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1460

Abstract

This paper presents Doppler spectrum measurements of drizzle and marine stratocumulus clouds from the University of Wyoming King Air W-band radar taken during the Coastal Stratus experiment off the coast of Oregon during late 1995. Comparisons with 2D PMS laser size spectrometer measurements of the same region indicate substantial agreement between the two approaches to drop size spectrum measurement

Keywords

Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; particle size measurement; rain; remote sensing by radar; AD 1995; Doppler spectrum; EHF; North Pacific; Oregon; USA; University of Wyoming King Air W-band radar; W-band radar; airborne radar; drizzle; drop size; light precipitation; marine atmosphere; marine stratocumulus cloud; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microphysics; millimetric radar; mm wave; particle size; radar remote sensing; rain; raindrop; rainfall; Airborne radar; Calibration; Clouds; Doppler radar; Laser radar; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Size measurement; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.608894

Filename

608894