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Cloudsat Radar Instrument Design and Development StatusThe Cloud Profiling Radar is the key science instrument for the CloudSat Mission to acquire a global data set of vertical atmospheric cloud structure and its variability. CPR is a 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 1.5-km horizontal resolution. CPR will operate in a short pulse mode and will yield measurements at a minimum detectable sensitivity of -28 dBZ.
Document ID
20070034840
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/40394
doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976604
Authors
Im, Eastwood (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Durden, Stephen L. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Li, Fuk K. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wu, Chialin (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Haddad, Ziad S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
July 8, 2001
Publication Information
Publication: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS International
Volume: 2
ISBN: 0-7803-7031-7
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Report/Patent Number
ISBN: 0-7803-7031-7
Meeting Information
Meeting: 23rd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Location: Sydney
Country: Australia
Start Date: July 9, 2001
End Date: July 13, 2001
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
CloudSat radar

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