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Airborne radar and radiometer experiment for quantitative remote measurements of rainAn aircraft experiment has been conducted with a dual-frequency (10 GHz and 35 GHz) radar/radiometer system and an 18-GHz radiometer to test various rain-rate retrieval algorithms from space. In the experiment, which took place in the fall of 1988 at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, VA, both stratiform and convective storms were observed. A ground-based radar and rain gauges were also used to obtain truth data. An external radar calibration is made with rain gauge data, thereby enabling quantitative reflectivity measurements. Comparisons between path attenuations derived from the surface return and from the radar reflectivity profile are made to test the feasibility of a technique to estimate the raindrop size distribution from simultaneous radar and path-attenuation measurements.
Document ID
19910031152
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kozu, Toshiaki
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD; Communications Research Laboratory, Koganei, Japan)
Meneghini, Robert
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Boncyk, Wayne
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wilheit, Thomas T.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nakamura, Kenji
(Communications Research Laboratory Koganei, Japan)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
91A15775
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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