hamp the microwave package on the upcoming halo (high altitude and long range) research aircraft
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HAMP The Microwave Package on the upcoming HALO (high altitude and long range) research aircraft. Mario Mech 1,2 , Susanne Crewell 1 , Gerhard Peters 2 , Lutz Hirsch 2 , and Thomas Rose 3 1 University of Cologne, Germany 2 Max-Planck Institute Hamburg, Germany - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HAMPThe Microwave Package on the
upcomingHALO (high altitude and long range)
research aircraft
Mario Mech1,2, Susanne Crewell1, Gerhard Peters2, Lutz Hirsch2,
and Thomas Rose3
1 University of Cologne, Germany2 Max-Planck Institute Hamburg, Germany
3 Radiometer Physics, Bonn, Germany
What for?
Using active and passive instruments in combination for a more comprehensive view on the cloud and precipitation structure
Validation for GPM
Use in conjunction with the other instruments operated on HALO
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High Altitude and LOnge - new aircraft of the German atmospheric science
community
Oberpfaffenhofen
10000 km one way
UTLS
HALO - Microwave Packagebasic instrumentation
GOMASCIWSIR
Cloud Radar MIRA-36
frequency 36.5 GHzsensitivity -48 dBZvert. res. 30 m
along track res. 250/50 m
across track res. 50 m
variables Z,vdoppler,LDRprovided by University of
Hamburg
preparative work for the cloud radar
Hamburg 2007/05/13
(Bauer and Goersdorf, 2007)
removing atmospheric plankton (LDR, structure, T)
PMW radiometer specificationsK V W F G
Frequencies
22.24 50.30 90.0 118.75±8.5
183.31±12.5
23.04 51.76 118.75±4.2 183.31±7.5
23.84 52.8 118.75±2.3 183.31±4.5
25.44 53.75 118.75±1.4 183.31±3.5
26.24 183.31±2.5 27.84 183.31±1.5 31.40 183.31±0.6
FWHM 4.0° 3.5° 2.5° 2.5° 2.5°
K,V G
simulated brightness temperatures
• CRM - Méso-NHCRM - Méso-NH• 5 hydrometeor categories - 5 hydrometeor categories - cloud, cloud ice, snow, cloud, cloud ice, snow, graupel, raingraupel, rain
• 1-D, plan-parallel RT 1-D, plan-parallel RT modelmodel• spherical particles with spherical particles with frequency-dependent frequency-dependent density/size modification density/size modification (Staelin, 2008)(Staelin, 2008)• emissivity ([l] maps,[o] emissivity ([l] maps,[o] model) model)
OceanLand
simple retrieval by mutliple regression
problems with smaller rain water path amounts
Summary & Outlook
cloud radar and selected microwave frequencies seems to have interesting information content
cloud radar and passive microwave components are prepared - to be tested on ground
late 2009 belly pod with MW components will be mounted on the aircraft
2010 first missions
Thanks!