Hydrometeors investigation by means of 3 millimeter coherent radar

Author

Kosov, A.S. ; Gromov, V.D. ; Maleev, S.N. ; Kiselev, S.S. ; Skulachev, D.P. ; Strukov, I.A.

Author_Institution

Space Res. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

442

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the development of the 3 millimeter wave solid state Doppler radar and using the radar for fog and precipitation parameters measurements. The radar is full solid state CW instrument with a sinusoidal frequency modulation. The sounding range is up to 1 km and relative distance resolution is 10%. Backscattering spectra from a weak rain are presented

Keywords

CW radar; Doppler radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; fog; meteorological instruments; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; 3 mm; CW instrument; EHF; apparatus; atmosphere; coherent radar; fog; hydrometeors; instrument; measurement technique; meteorological radar; millimetric radar; mm wave; precipitation; radar remote sensing; rain; rainfall; sinusoidal frequency modulation; solid state Doppler radar; troposphere; Acoustic scattering; Clouds; Doppler radar; Frequency modulation; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave radar; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Rain; Solid state circuits;

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.1996.516367

Filename

516367