Airborne microwave rain-scatterometer /radiometer
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 3 (3) , 277-294
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431168208948400
Abstract
An airborne microwave rain-scatterometer/radiometer system operated at 10 and 34-45 GHz was developed for the remote sensing of precipitation, especially rain, from an aeroplane. Airborne rain-scatterometers were developed as a first step for the development of the future spaceborne rain-scatterometer. Flight experiments of more than 30 hours were performed in co-operation with the ground-based C-band weather radar. The sensor system of the airborne microwave rain-scatterometer/radiometer, flight experiment in June 1981 cooperating with the ground-based weather radar, and results of data analyses are described.Keywords
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