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Instrument

RASTA
Radar System Airborne

The RAdar SysTem Airborne (RASTA) radar is a 95GHz Doppler radar capable of operating onboard aircraft platforms or on the ground. It consists of a multibeam antenna system with several upward and downward antennas (depending on configuration) that allow for the three-dimensional retrievals of wind profiles above and below aircraft platforms in addition to microphysical properties of clouds and precipitation. RASTA has a vertical resolution of 60 meters, a range of 15 kilometers, and an ambiguous velocity of eight meters per second.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Radar
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Doppler Velocity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radial Velocity > Mean Radial Velocity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Imagery
Full Column Profile
Variable
60 m
95.04 GHz
Currently unavailble

  • Julien Delanoë

  • This data will be added in future versions

  • LATMOS

  • CNES

  • Currently unavailable

    • Unpublished

Instrument Operation

HyMeX

The Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean Experiment

2012—2013
The Mediterranean
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1 Deployment
· 3 Data Products

Data Products