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Development of precipitation radar onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite

Kozu et al., 2001

Document ID
9433870484692238918
Author
Kozu T
Kawanishi T
Kuroiwa H
Kojima M
Oikawa K
Kumagai H
Okamoto K
Okumura M
Nakatsuka H
Nishikawa K
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing

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The precipitation radar (PR) onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite is the first spaceborne radar to measure precipitation from space. The PR, operating at 13.8 GHz, is a 128-element active phased array that allows a fast and sophisticated cross …
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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