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
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