Title :
A 33 GHz/95 GHz polarimetric cloud profiling radar system (CPRS)
Author :
Sekelsky, S.M. ; McIntosh, R.E.
Author_Institution :
Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) at the University of Massachusetts has developed a unique high-resolution Cloud Profiling Radar System (CPRS). This radar is capable of producing detailed three-dimensional images of cloud parameters which should improve our understanding of the composition and dynamics of non-precipitating clouds. This paper briefly describes the CPRS hardware and presents collocated dual-frequency cloud images taken in initial field trials during the summer of 1993.
Keywords :
clouds; geophysical signal processing; meteorological radar; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; 33 GHz; 95 GHz; CPRS; EHF; Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory; University of Massachusetts; composition; dual-frequency cloud images; dynamics; field trials; hardware; nonprecipitating clouds; polarimetric cloud profiling radar system; three-dimensional images; Antenna feeds; Clouds; Doppler radar; Hardware; Laboratories; Lenses; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1994. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2009-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1994.408144
