Cloud profiling radar on earthcare satellite

Author

Takahashi, Nobuhiro ; Kimura, Toshiyoshi ; Ohno, Yuichi ; Horie, Hiroaki ; Nakatsuka, Hirotaka ; Sato, Kenji ; Sakaide, Yasuo ; Okada, Kazuyuki ; Kumagai, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

18-21 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1328

Lastpage

1332

Abstract

The design and current status of EarthCARE/CPR are described in this report. Basic design of CPR will be confirmed in this year, and engineering model development and testing will be done this year and the next year. In parallel with the development activity of CPR, algorithm development activity is in progress. The data from CPR is expected to contribute to reveal the detailed information of clouds and to the studies on global warming. It is also expected the continuation of cloud observation from CloudSat data that was launched in 2006[4].

Keywords

artificial satellites; clouds; geophysical equipment; remote sensing by radar; AD 2006; CloudSat data; EarthCARE satellite; algorithm development; cloud profiling radar; engineering model development; testing; Aerosols; Clouds; Doppler measurements; Doppler radar; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Ice; Reflector antennas; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Cloud profiling radar; Doppler measurement; spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ICCAS-SICE, 2009

Conference_Location

Fukuoka

Print_ISBN

978-4-907764-34-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-907764-33-3

Type

conf

Filename

5335238