Airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar: trade-offs between various engineering specifications

Vivekanandan, Jothiram; Loew, Eric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-7-21-2018

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-7-21-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-7-21-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

Research article

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30 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2018

Airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar: trade-offs between various engineering specifications

Jothiram Vivekanandan and Eric Loew

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RC1: 'Airborne polarimetric weather radar: Trade-offs between various engineering specifications by Jothiram Vivekanandan and Eric Loew', JACQUES TESTUD, 16 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Review of GI-2017-45: Airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar: Trade-offs between various engineering specifications Authors: Jothiram Vivekanandan, and Eric Loew', Jothiram Vivekanandan, 02 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Reviewing of: Airborne Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar: Trade-offs between various engineering specifications by J. Vivekanandan and E. Loew', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Review of GI-2017-45: Airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar: Trade-offs between various engineering specifications Authors: Jothiram Vivekanandan, and Eric Loew', Jothiram Vivekanandan, 02 Nov 2017

Short summary

This manuscript describes a next generation airborne radar that has the potential for estimating 3-D winds and also delineating regions of ice and liquid in clouds. It takes advantage of phased array and dual-polarimetric radar technologies for retrieving winds and detecting ice and liquid regions respectively. Engineering discussion in this manuscript forms the basis for designing an optimal phased array radar system. Rapid scanning using a phased array is a critical design requirement.