Peculiarities and Experience of W-Band Cloud Radar Calibration

Yanovsky, Felix J.; Pitertsev, Aleksander A.; Unal, C.M.H.; Russchenberg, H.W.J.

doi:10.23919/SPSympo57300.2023.10302660

Peculiarities and Experience of W-Band Cloud Radar Calibration

Title

Peculiarities and Experience of W-Band Cloud Radar Calibration

Author

Yanovsky, Felix J. (TU Delft Atmospheric Remote Sensing; National Aviation University)
Pitertsev, Aleksander A. (National Aviation University)
Unal, C.M.H. (TU Delft Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Russchenberg, H.W.J. (TU Delft Geoscience and Remote Sensing)

Department

Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Date

2023

Abstract

This paper is devoted to discussing peculiarities of W-band cloud radar calibration. After a brief overview of meteorological radar calibration methods for quantitative information retrieval, we focus on problems and their possible solutions with respect to mm-wave radar calibration. The experimental part of the research is based on multi-instrument measurements performed during several years in the Cabauw experimental meteorological site in the Netherlands. The accumulated data are used for comparison of 94 GHz radar rain measurements with non-radar droplet size distribution measurements, provided by laser disdrometers. Calculations are done taking into account data of other in situ meteorological measurements. A specialized MATLAB software tool for processing such complex data and radar calibration is developed and demonstrated.

Subject

data integrity
data processing
electromagnetic scattering
radar measurements
radar remote sensing
sensor fusion
signal processing

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.23919/SPSympo57300.2023.10302660

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Embargo date

2024-03-28

ISBN

9788395602078