Measurements and Applications
Cloud profiling Doppler radar for characterizing precipitating cloud strudtures and related vertical air motions
Full Name
Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Radar
Status
Proposed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Cloud profile and rain radars 
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Cloud and precipitation radar
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
TBD
Resolution
<2 km horizontal, ≤500 m vertical
[Best Resolution: 2000m]
Waveband
Microwave: 94 GHz (W-band) or 35 GHz (Ka-band)
| Ku-Band (12.5 to 18 GHz) |
| W-Band (94 GHz) |
AOS-Sky - Atmosphere Observing System - Sky (2031 - 2036) |