94 GHz doppler wind radar satellite mission concept

Chung-Chi Lin; Björn Rommen; Christopher Buck; Dirk Schüttemeyer

doi:10.1117/12.2194628

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16 October 2015 94 GHz doppler wind radar satellite mission concept

Chung-Chi Lin, Björn Rommen, Christopher Buck, Dirk Schüttemeyer

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Proceedings Volume 9640, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XX; 964004 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194628
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

Extreme weather such as storms, hurricanes and typhoons, also called ‘high impact weather’, is a high priority area of research for the atmospheric dynamics and meteorological science communities. 94 GHz Doppler wind radar satellite mission concepts have been elaborated, which use cloud and precipitation droplets/particles as tracers to measure 3-D wind fields. The so-called polarisation-diversity pulse-pair (PDPP) technique enables to derive line-of-sight wind speed with good accuracy (< 2-3 m/s) and large unambiguous dynamic range (e.g. 75 m/s). Two distinct system concepts have been elaborated: (1) a conically scanning radar concept with large coverage (> 800 km) and ∼50 km along-track sampling, and; (2) a stereo viewing concept with high sampling resolution (< 4 km) within an inclined cut through the atmosphere. The former concept is adequate for studying large-scale severe/extreme weather systems, whereas the latter would be more suitable for understanding of small-scale convective phenomena. For demonstrating the potential of the FDPP technique for deriving accurate Doppler observations, ground-based and airborne Doppler radar campaigns are in preparation. The Galileo 94 GHz radar, upgraded recently to include a FDPP capability, at Chilbolton in the UK, will be used for an extended ground-based campaign (6 months). For the airborne campaign, the dual-frequency (9.4 + 94 GHz) NAWX radar on board a Convair-580 aircraft of the National Science Council of Canada will be upgraded and flown. This paper describes the observation requirements, preliminary satellite mission concepts, associated wind retrieval aspects and the planned demonstration campaigns.

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Chung-Chi Lin, Björn Rommen, Christopher Buck, and Dirk Schüttemeyer "94 GHz doppler wind radar satellite mission concept", Proc. SPIE 9640, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XX, 964004 (16 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194628

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