Abstract: Millimeter-wavelength (MMW) cloud radars operating at Ka band (35 GHz) and W band (95 GHz) are popular atmospheric research tools because they are compact, have low prime power requirements, and are highly sensitive to ...

Abstract: Dual-antenna radar designs avoid using a transmit/receive switch. In order to measure radar reflectivity accurately and to avoid a general decrease in system sensitivity, these systems require precise alignment of their ...

Abstract: Millimeter-wave Doppler spectra obtained from the dual-frequency Cloud Profiling Radar System (CPRS) are used to retrieve both the drop size distribution and the vertical air motion in rain. CPRS obtains collocated spectra ...

Abstract: In this study the radiative impact of three separate cirrus anvil systems that occurred during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment is investigated. Retrievals of microphysical cloud properties and an independent ...

Abstract: Multifrequency radar measurements collected at 2.8 (S band), 33.12 (Ka band), and 94.92 GHz (W band) are processed using a neural network to estimate median particle size and peak number concentration in ice-phase clouds ...

Abstract: A continental stratus cloud layer was studied by advanced ground-based remote sensing instruments and aircraft probes on 30 April 1994 from the Cloud and Radiation Testbed site in north-central Oklahoma. The boundary layer ...

Abstract: Cloud measurements at millimeter-wave frequencies are affected by attenuation due to atmospheric gases, clouds, and precipitation. Estimation of the true equivalent radar reflectivity, Ze, is complicated because extinction ...