Title :
A 95 GHz airborne radar for high resolution polarimetric cloud measurements
Author :
Pazmany, Andrew L. ; Mead, James B. ; Galloway, John ; McIntosh, Robert E. ; Kelly, Robert D. ; Vali, Gabor
Author_Institution :
Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory of the University of Massachusetts developed a high power 95 GHz (three millimeter wavelength) airborne polarimetric Doppler radar that is being used in cooperative experiments with the University of Wyoming to remotely sense clouds. In February 1994 as part of the Winter Icing and Storms Project, WISP, the airborne system observed clouds containing a wide range of particle types and precipitation processes along with in-situ measurements of the weather conditions and particle characteristics. This paper describes the polarimetric and Doppler radar technology used in the experiment and presents some of the results
Keywords :
Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; clouds; meteorological instruments; meteorological radar; millimetre wave imaging; radar applications; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; storms; 95 GHz; AD 1992; AD 1994; Colorado; Doppler radar; EHF mm wave; Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory; USA United States; University of Massachusetts; WISP; Winter Icing and Storms Project; cloud; equipment instrumentation; measurement technique; meteorological radar; millimetric; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; side looking airborne radar; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Clouds; Doppler radar; Laser radar; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399141
