Cloud profiling radar for the CloudSat mission

被引:84
作者
Im, E [1 ]
Wu, CL [1 ]
Durden, SL [1 ]
机构
[1] Jet Propuls Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
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D O I
10.1109/MAES.2005.1581095
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
The Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) for the upcoming CloudSat Mission is a spaceborne 94-GHz, nadir-looking radar that measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar. This sensor is expected to provide cloud measurements at a 500-m vertical resolution and a 1.5km horizontal resolution. CPR will operate in a short-pulse mode and will yield measurements at a minimum detectable sensitivity of -28 dBZ.
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