Title :
Capabilities and recent results from the ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP)
Author :
Bidwell, S.W. ; Heymsfield, G.M. ; Caylor, I.J.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP) is an X-band (9.60 GHz) Doppler radar flown on the high-altitude (nom. 20 km) NASA ER-2 aircraft. A major objective of EDOP is the study of air motions within convective precipitating regions from the strong updraft regions to the cirrus anvil regions. It is common for EDOP to fly with a complement of passive and active precipitation and water vapor instruments on the ER-2. The purpose of this paper is to describe the EDOP instrument specifications and capabilities and to very briefly describe recent data and research activity
Keywords :
Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric movements; atmospheric precipitation; clouds; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; 20 km; 9.6 GHz; EDOP; ER-2 Doppler radar; X-band; air motions; cirrus anvil regions; convective precipitating regions; strong updraft regions; water vapor; Aircraft; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Doppler radar; Instruments; Motion estimation; Nose; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Transmitters;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516727
