CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator
International audience The calibration of the CloudSat spaceborne cloud radar has been thoroughly assessed using very accurate internal link budgets before launch, comparisons with predicted ocean surface backscatter at 94 GHz, direct comparisons with airborne cloud radars, and statistical compariso...
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Radar observations Clouds [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere |
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Radar observations Clouds [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere Protat, Alain Bouniol, Dominique O'Connor, E. J. Klein Baltink, H. Verlinde, J. Widener, K. CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator |
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International audience The calibration of the CloudSat spaceborne cloud radar has been thoroughly assessed using very accurate internal link budgets before launch, comparisons with predicted ocean surface backscatter at 94 GHz, direct comparisons with airborne cloud radars, and statistical comparisons with ground-based cloud radars at different locations of the world. It is believed that the calibration of CloudSat is accurate to within 0.5 to 1 dB. In the present paper it is shown that an approach similar to that used for the statistical comparisons with ground-based radars can now be adopted the other way around to calibrate other ground-based or airborne radars against CloudSat and/or detect anomalies in long time series of ground-based radar measurements, provided that the calibration of CloudSat is followed up closely (which is the case). The power of using CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator is demonstrated using the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement cloud radar data taken at Barrow, Alaska, the cloud radar data from the Cabauw site, The Netherlands, and airborne Doppler cloud radar measurements taken along the CloudSat track in the Arctic by the RASTA (Radar SysTem Airborne) cloud radar installed in the French ATR-42 aircraft for the first time. It is found that the Barrow radar data in 2008 are calibrated too high by 9.8 dB, while the Cabauw radar data in 2008 are calibrated too low by 8.0 dB. The calibration of the RASTA airborne cloud radar using direct comparisons with CloudSat agrees well with the expected gains and losses due to the change in configuration which required verification of the RASTA calibration. |
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CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator |
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CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator |
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ftmeteofrance:oai:HAL:hal-00493275v1 2024-09-15T17:58:16+00:00 CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator Protat, Alain Bouniol, Dominique O'Connor, E. J. Klein Baltink, H. Verlinde, J. Widener, K. Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR) SPACE - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Reading (UOR) Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) PennState Meteorology Department Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Penn State System-Penn State System Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) 2011 https://hal.science/hal-00493275 https://hal.science/hal-00493275/document https://hal.science/hal-00493275/file/%255B15200426%2520-%2520Journal%2520of%2520Atmospheric%2520and%2520Oceanic%2520Technology%255D%2520CloudSat%2520as%2520a%2520Global%2520Radar%2520Calibrator.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JTECHA1443.1 en eng HAL CCSD American Meteorological Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1175/2010JTECHA1443.1 hal-00493275 https://hal.science/hal-00493275 https://hal.science/hal-00493275/document https://hal.science/hal-00493275/file/%255B15200426%2520-%2520Journal%2520of%2520Atmospheric%2520and%2520Oceanic%2520Technology%255D%2520CloudSat%2520as%2520a%2520Global%2520Radar%2520Calibrator.pdf doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1443.1 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0739-0572 EISSN: 1520-0426 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology https://hal.science/hal-00493275 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2011, 28 (3), pp.445-452. ⟨10.1175/2010JTECHA1443.1⟩ Radar observations Clouds [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftmeteofrance https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JTECHA1443.1 2024-06-25T00:13:37Z International audience The calibration of the CloudSat spaceborne cloud radar has been thoroughly assessed using very accurate internal link budgets before launch, comparisons with predicted ocean surface backscatter at 94 GHz, direct comparisons with airborne cloud radars, and statistical comparisons with ground-based cloud radars at different locations of the world. It is believed that the calibration of CloudSat is accurate to within 0.5 to 1 dB. In the present paper it is shown that an approach similar to that used for the statistical comparisons with ground-based radars can now be adopted the other way around to calibrate other ground-based or airborne radars against CloudSat and/or detect anomalies in long time series of ground-based radar measurements, provided that the calibration of CloudSat is followed up closely (which is the case). The power of using CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator is demonstrated using the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement cloud radar data taken at Barrow, Alaska, the cloud radar data from the Cabauw site, The Netherlands, and airborne Doppler cloud radar measurements taken along the CloudSat track in the Arctic by the RASTA (Radar SysTem Airborne) cloud radar installed in the French ATR-42 aircraft for the first time. It is found that the Barrow radar data in 2008 are calibrated too high by 9.8 dB, while the Cabauw radar data in 2008 are calibrated too low by 8.0 dB. The calibration of the RASTA airborne cloud radar using direct comparisons with CloudSat agrees well with the expected gains and losses due to the change in configuration which required verification of the RASTA calibration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barrow Alaska Météo-France: HAL Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 28 3 445 452 |