Concept information
Preferred term
CRS
Definition
- The Cloud Radar System (CRS) is a 94 GHz (W-band; 3 mm wavelength) Doppler radar developed for autonomous operation in the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft and for ground-based operation. It will provide high-resolution profiles of reflectivity and Doppler velocity in clouds and it has important applications to atmospheric remote sensing studies. The CRS was designed to fly with the Cloud Lidar System (CLS), in the tail cone of an ER-2 superpod. There are two basic modes of operation of the CRS: 1) ER-2 with reflectivity, Doppler, and linear-depolarization measurements, and 2) ground-based with full polarimetric capability. (en)
Broader concept
- Radar Sounders (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/24c6b787-4d3d-4252-a9b8-b99aeca73c00
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