Design consideration for a spaceborne cloud radar

Byron E. Richards; D. L. Hurd

doi:10.1117/12.262718

17 December 1996 Design consideration for a spaceborne cloud radar

Byron E. Richards, D. L. Hurd

Proceedings Volume 2958, Microwave Sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262718
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing III, 1996, Taormina, Italy

Abstract

This paper initially summarizes the scientific requirements for a space borne cloud radar and different mission scenarios are categorized. The major system design constraints and their possible impact are then described in greater detail. A number of different concepts are then briefly described. The possible performance of an along track cloud radar is then estimated, this relatively simple concept being fairly typical of the type of concept that is likely to be first employed in orbit.

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Byron E. Richards and D. L. Hurd "Design consideration for a spaceborne cloud radar", Proc. SPIE 2958, Microwave Sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar, (17 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262718

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