Title :
Preliminary design of the spaceborne dual-frequency precipitation radar for the global precipitation measurement
Author :
Furukawa, Kinji ; Hanado, Hiroshi ; Hyakusoku, Yasutoshi ; Ishii, Yasuyuki ; Kojima, Masahiro ; Takahashi, Nobuhiro ; Iguchi, Toshio ; Okumura, Minoru
Author_Institution :
Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba
Abstract :
The dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR) installed on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core satellite is being developed by JAXA and NICT. This paper describes the results of preliminary design of the DPR instrument.
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; Global Precipitation Measurement core satellite; JAXA; NICT; spaceborne dual-frequency precipitation radar; Communications technology; Electromagnetic measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Pulse measurements; Pulsed power supplies; Radar measurements; Radiometers; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; DPR; KaPR; KuPR; precpitation measurement;
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.2007.4423612