Millimeter-Wave Radar Cloud Measurements and Data Analysis for Satellite Validation

Abstract

The University of Massachusetts operated a Cloud Profiling Radar System in Everglades City, Fla., for three weeks during September 1996. On-site calibration of the radar was performed with a trihedral comer reflector. Time-height measurements of reflectivity, Doppler mean velocity, Doppler velocity variance, and linear depolarization ratio were assembled into netCDF datafiles for further analysis and comparison with data from other sensors. The data were archived in the Phillips Laboratory Data Archive Center and were made available through the Worldwide Web on a university web site.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1998
Accession Number
ADA398479

Entities

People

  • Stephen M. Sekelsky

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Data Analysis
  • Digital Information
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Millimeter Wave Radar
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Radar
  • Reflectivity
  • Spacecraft
  • Universities
  • Validation
  • Websites
  • World Wide Web

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • Space