Title :
Distributions of millimeter-wave cloud radar reflectivity observed over North America and the Pacific Ocean
Author :
Sadowy, Gregory A. ; Sekelsky, Stephen M. ; Li, Fuk K.
Author_Institution :
Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper examines the statistics of 35 and 95 GHz cloud radar reflectivity measured during three experiment campaigns that span latitudes from 62° North to 45° South. Airborne and ground-based measurements were used to generate statistics of reflectivity versus ambient temperature. The reflectivity distributions of ice clouds from three experiments are compared
Keywords :
airborne radar; atmospheric temperature; clouds; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; 35 GHz; 95 GHz; North America; Pacific Ocean; airborne measurements; ambient temperature; ground-based measurements; ice clouds; millimeter-wave cloud radar reflectivity; statistics; Airborne radar; Clouds; Histograms; Laboratories; Millimeter wave radar; North America; Propulsion; Radar remote sensing; Reflectivity; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702820
