Publication Date:
2019-08-07
Description:
NASAs Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) is currently developing advanced instrument concepts and technologies for the next generation of spaceborne atmospheric radars for clouds and precipitation measurements. Two representative examples are the Radar in a CubeSat (RainCube) a miniaturized Ka-band precipitation intensity profiling radar for operation on a 6U CubeSat bus; and the Multi-Application Smallsat Tri-band Radar (MASTR) a Ku/Ka/W band, electronic scanning, and Doppler atmospheric radar. These radar concepts will be capable of providing information on both the state and the process of the atmospheric water (as opposed to just the state information provided by existing spaceborne radars) to fill the current observational gaps in the advancement of weather and climate models.
Keywords:
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing; Meteorology and Climatology
Type:
JPL-CL-CL#17-3680
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RADAR 2017 - International Conference on Radar Systems 2017; Oct 23, 2017 - Oct 26, 2017; Belfast; Ireland
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