DocumentCode :
2676076
Title :
A new high-altitude airborne millimeter-wave radar for atmospheric research
Author :
Farquharson, Gordon ; Loew, Eric ; Vivekanandan, Jothiram ; Lee, Wen-Chau
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder
fYear :
2007
fDate :
23-28 July 2007
Firstpage :
3313
Lastpage :
3316
Abstract :
A high-altitude airborne millimeter-wave radar for atmospheric research is being developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The radar will be mounted on the High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER). We present simulations of the minimum detectable signal, the reflectivity accuracy, the polarimetric purity, and the expected accuracy of cloud liquid water retrievals to describe the expected performance of the radar. We also describe the phased approach to implementing the system which starts with a W-band Doppler radar, and through phases, adds pulse compression, polarimetric capability, and a second wavelength (Ka-band) radar.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; clouds; remote sensing by radar; High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research; National Center for Atmospheric Research; W-band Doppler radar; atmospheric research; cloud liquid water retrievals; high-altitude airborne millimeter-wave radar; polarimetric capability; reflectivity; signal detection; Airborne radar; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Doppler radar; Instruments; Millimeter wave radar; Radar detection; Radar polarimetry; Reflectivity; Signal detection;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
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
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423553
Filename :
4423553
Link To Document :
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