Calibration of a 35 GHz airborne cloud radar: lessons learned and intercomparisons with 94 GHz cloud radars

<p>This study gives a summary of lessons learned during the absolute calibration of the airborne, high-power Ka-band cloud radar HAMP MIRA on board the German research aircraft <i>HALO</i>. The first part covers the internal calibration of the instrument where individual instrument...

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Main Authors: F. Ewald, S. Groß, M. Hagen, L. Hirsch, J. Delanoë, M. Bauer-Pfundstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-03-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:https://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/12/1815/2019/amt-12-1815-2019.pdf