The ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar: results fromrecent field tests |
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| Authors: | Hildebrand PH Walther C Wen-Chau Lee |
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| Institution: | Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO; |
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| Abstract: | The ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler weather radar was recently placed in service by US and French atmospheric sciences research laboratories. The ELDORA/ASTRAIA radar is designed to provide high resolution measurements of the air motion and rainfall characteristics of atmospheric storms which are too large, remote or fast-moving to be adequately observed by ground-based radars. This paper discusses the measurement requirements and the design goals of the radar and presents sample measurements from a recent weather research field program |
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