Dual-frequency three-dimensional images of clouds

Author

Firda, John M. ; Sekelsky, Stephen M. ; McIntosh, Robert E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1

Abstract

This paper presents a method of forming three-dimensional representations of clouds and precipitation by combining series of two dimensional scans. In April of 1995 the Cloud Profiling Radar System (CPRS) collected dual-frequency Doppler radar data of several cloud scenarios. Images of reflectivity and linear depolarization ratio are presented from different viewpoints of a precipitating cloud with a well defined melting layer

Keywords

Doppler radar; atmospheric techniques; clouds; geophysical signal processing; meteorological radar; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; CPRS; Cloud Profiling Radar System; Doppler radar; atmosphere; cloud; dual-frequency radar; linear depolarization ratio; measurement technique; meteorological radar; precipitation; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; three dimensional image; three-dimensional representation; two dimensional scan; well defined melting layer; Antenna measurements; Clouds; Doppler radar; Frequency; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516225

Filename

516225