Precipitation radar onboard TRMM satellite
- 23 December 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 249-254
- https://doi.org/10.1109/past.1996.566094
Abstract
A precipitation radar (PR) onboard the TRMM satellite has been developed by NASDA. The PR employs a 128-element active phased array and can measure the 3-dimensional rain distribution over the swath width of 215 km with a resolution of 4.3 km in the horizontal and 250 m in range. Functional tests of the PR were performed and it was confirmed that performances of the PR satisfy TRMM mission specifications.Keywords
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