CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- DAR (INCUS)
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Full Name
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Dynamic Atmospheric Radar
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Cloud profile and rain radars 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Cloud and precipitation radar
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures time-differenced profiles of radar reflectivity for convective mass flux
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Resolution Summary
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3.5 km horizontal resolution, 250 m vertical resolution
[Best Resolution: 3500m]
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Swath Summary
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11 km using 5-scanning beams
[Max Swath: 11 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Ka-band (center frequency: 35.75 and bandwidth: 2.5 MHz)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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