A wing pod-based millimeter wavelength airborne cloud radar

Vivekanandan, J.; Ellis, S.; Tsai, P.; Loew, E.; Lee, W.-C.; Emmett, J.; Dixon, M.; Burghart, C.; Rauenbuehler, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-161-2015

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-161-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-161-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Research article

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17 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 17 Aug 2015

A wing pod-based millimeter wavelength airborne cloud radar

J. Vivekanandan, S. Ellis, P. Tsai, E. Loew, W.-C. Lee, J. Emmett, M. Dixon, C. Burghart, and S. Rauenbuehler

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RC C23: 'review of Vivekanandan et al. gi-2015-1', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2015
- AC C51: 'Interactive comment on “A wing pod-based millimeter wavelength airborne cloud radar” by J. Vivekanandan et al. Anonymous Referee #1', Jothiram Vivekanandan, 22 Jul 2015
RC C26: 'Comments on "A Wing Pod-based Millimeter Wavelength Airborne Cloud Radar"', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 May 2015
- AC C56: 'Interactive comment on “A wing pod-based millimeter wavelength airborne cloud radar” by J. Vivekanandan et al. Anonymous Referee #2.', Jothiram Vivekanandan, 22 Jul 2015

Short summary

A novel, airborne pod-based millimeter wavelength radar, which operates both on the NCAR Gulfstream V aircraft and as a ground-based sensor, opens up new observational opportunities for the research community. The radar’s millimeter wavelength, dual-polarization, Doppler remote sensing capabilities generate measurements that provide the most complete picture of cloud physics available to the atmospheric science community. It offers unique observations on the formation and evolution of clouds.