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CloudSat: the Cloud Profiling Radar MissionThe Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), the primary science instrument of the CloudSat Mission, is a 94-GHz nadir-looking radar that measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar. This instrument will acquire a global time series of vertical cloud structure at 500-m vertical resolution and 1.4-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
20100017715
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/41545
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)
Tanelli, Simone (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
October 16, 2006
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2006 CIE International Conference proceedings on Radar
Location: Shanghai
Country: China
Start Date: October 16, 2006
End Date: October 19, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
percipitation
clouds
radar

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