DocumentCode :
2676972
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
fYear :
2007
fDate :
23-28 July 2007
Firstpage :
3551
Lastpage :
3554
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;
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.2007.4423612
Filename :
4423612
Link To Document :
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