An S-band Doppler radar to measure precipitation characteristics in the tropics

Author

Eastment, J.D. ; Thurai, M. ; Ladd, D.N. ; Moore, I.N.

Author_Institution

Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK

fYear

1995

fDate

34754

Firstpage

42583

Lastpage

42588

Abstract

Describes the design and preliminary results from a vertically-pointing pulsed S-band Doppler radar, capable of measuring reflectivity (Z), linear depolarisation ratio (LDR), and the Doppler spectrum. The data reported were acquired during a short experimental campaign while the radar was sited at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. In 1995, the system will be transported to Papua New Guinea for a 12 month programme of statistical measurements on the nature of tropical rainfall. The results from that study will be applicable to communications system engineering in the tropics, and in providing ground truth for satellite-based rainfall measurements for global climatic modelling

Keywords

Doppler radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; meteorological radar; radar equipment; rain; remote sensing by radar; 3 GHz; Doppler spectrum; Papua New Guinea; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; communications system engineering; linear depolarisation ratio; precipitation characteristics; pulsed S-band Doppler radar; rain; rainfall; reflectivity; satellite-based rainfall measurements; statistical measurements; tropics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Radar Meteorology, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19950201

Filename

475603