Title :
IDRA: A new instrument for drizzle monitoring
Author :
Figueras i Ventura, Jordi ; Russchenberg, H.W.J.
Author_Institution :
Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft
Abstract :
IRCTR is currently developing a high resolution radar aimed at the observation of rainfall and drizzle parameters for use in hydrological studies and in studies of the effect of the increase in anthropogenic aerosols in the radiation budget. Much effort has been done at obtaining a high sensitivity to be able to detect low reflectivity phenomena like drizzle. The radar is placed in the Cabauw meteorological super-site, allowing synergy with other instruments to further improve its capabilities.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric radiation; meteorological radar; rain; Cabauw meteorological super-site; IDRA; IRCTR; anthropogenic aerosols; atmospheric radiation budget; drizzle monitoring; high resolution radar; hydrological studies; low reflectivity phenomena; rainfall; Aerosols; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Doppler radar; Instruments; Meteorological radar; Monitoring; Poles and towers; Radar detection; Radar polarimetry; Doppler polarimetric radar; IDRA; drizzle;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423550
