Study on echo simulations of spaceborne millimeter-wave cloud profile radar

Kai Cui, Dandan Zhang, Xichao Dong*, Mingming Bian

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper studies echo simulations of spaceborne millimeter-wave cloud profiling radar (CPR). It employs the cloud reflectivity data from 94GHz CloudSat CPR to construct the real scene and the cloud scattering model. In the simulation, the radar model, the relative motion model, the cloud scattering model, the scattering particle motion model and the atmospheric propagation and attenuation model are established considering the characteristics of the millimeter-wave cloud radar. The US standard atmosphere mode is adopted to calculate the profile of atmospheric attenuations at the different heights. The System Tool Kit (STK) is used to generate the relative geometry and movement. Finally, all the aforementioned models are combined to construct the radar echoes according to the Doviak-Zrnic meteorological echo formulas. The simulation results are verified by comparing input simulation true values and experimental inversion values, and it shows a good consistence.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4780-4783
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509033324
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2016
Event36th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016 - Beijing, China
Duration: 10 Jul 201615 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2016-November

Conference

Conference36th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period10/07/1615/07/16

Keywords

  • Spaceborne radar
  • cloud profiling radar
  • echo simulation

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