ESA Data Ontology: ESADO: EDOP

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EDOP

The ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP) is an X-band (9.6 GHz) Doppler radar mounted in the nose of ER-2. The instrument has two fixed antennas, one pointing at nadir and the second pointing approximately 33 degree ahead of nadir. The beam width of the antenna is 3 degree in the vertical and horizontal directions which, for a 20 km altitude, yields a nadir footprint a the surface of 1 km. The ER-2 ground speed is nominally 210 m/s and the integration period used by the data system is 0.5 second. The transmit pulse is 0.5 second and the gate spacing is over sampled at 37.5 meter interval. Minimum detectable reflectivity is about -10 dBZ at an altitude of 15 km and for a 0.375 meters range gate spacing. Additional information available at "http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/TRMM_FE/lba/edop_int.shtml" {Summary provided by NASA] (en)

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