Title :
System Design of Cloud Profiling Radar for Earthcare
Author :
Nakatsuka, Hirotaka ; Okada, Kazuyuki ; Horie, Hiroaki ; Kimura, Toshiyoshi ; Iida, Yukie ; Kojima, Masahiro ; Sato, Kenji ; Ohno, Yuich ; Takahashi, Nobuhiro ; Kumagai, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency
Abstract :
European and Japanese space agencies plan to launch a satellite called EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer). The Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), which will be the first millimeter-wave Doppler radar in space, is installed on this satellite as a main sensor to observe clouds. This paper describes the outline of the system design of EarthCARE CPR.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; clouds; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; Cloud Profiling Radar; Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer satellite; EarthCARE CPR system design; European space agency; Japanese space agency; clouds; millimeter-wave Doppler radar; Aerosols; Clouds; Communications technology; Doppler radar; Earth; Millimeter wave radar; Radar antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; CPR; Cloud Profiling Radar; Doppler radar; EarthCARE;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780035
