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• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 249 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0961-1290
• DOI: 10.1016/s0961-1290(04)00309-6

✦ Synopsis

Center for Atmospheric Research are deploying S-Polka through the end of March at Marshall facility, southeast of Boulder. The system consists of a powerful polarised radar, S-Pol, which operates at a frequency of 3,000MHz, and a polarised Ka-band radar, which operates at 35,000MHz.The S-Pol radar produces detailed images of clouds and precipitation, whereas the Ka-band radar can detect weaker clouds that are not precipitating. By comparing images from each radar, researchers hope to find areas in clouds that harbor water droplets.