NASA NTRS · 20070034840
Cloudsat Radar Instrument Design and Development Status
Abstract
The 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.
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Im, Eastwood, Durden, Stephen L., Li, Fuk K., Wu, Chialin, Haddad, Ziad S.. 2001-07-08. Cloudsat Radar Instrument Design and Development Status. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20070034840
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