Development of the NASA high-altitude imaging wind and rain airborne profiler

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Li, Lihua ^a   Heymsfield, Gerald ^a   Carswell, James ^b   Schaubert, Dan ^c   McLinden, Matthew ^a   Vega, Manuel ^a   Perrine, Martin ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b 248 E Foothill Blvd   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT SIZE; COMPRESSION SCHEME; DOPPLER WINDS; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-BEAM; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FLIGHT MISSION; GLOBAL HAWKS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HIGH ALTITUDE; IMAGING WIND AND RAIN AIRBORNE PROFILERS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAMS; KA BAND; KU-BAND; LIGHT WEIGHT; LOW COSTS; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRELIMINARY DATA; QUIKSCAT; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; SEAWINDS; SURFACE WINDS; SYSTEM HARDWARE; TEST FLIGHTS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; RAIN; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

NASA;

EID: 79955771137     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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