A 33 GHz/95 GHz polarimetric cloud profiling radar system (CPRS)

摘要

The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) at the University of Massachusetts has developed a unique high-resolution Cloud Profiling Radar System (CPRS). This radar is capable of producing detailed three-dimensional images of cloud parameters which should improve our understanding of the composition and dynamics of non-precipitating clouds. This paper briefly describes the CPRS hardware and presents collocated dual-frequency cloud images taken in initial field trials during the summer of 1993.