The Millimeter-Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR) is a ground-based radar developed by the NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) for the Department of Energy (DoE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) sites. MMCR provides long-term observations of radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity, spectrum width, and other radar parameters for precipitating and nonprecipitating clouds up to 20 km above ground level (AGL). It is a vertically pointing, single-polarization radar system that operates at around 35 GHz. MMCR has a beamwidth of 0.2 degrees and typical vertical resolutions of 45 and 90 meters.
Instrument Details
- Radar
- Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Doppler VelocityEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar ReflectivityEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > RadarEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Spectrum Width
- Full Column Profile
- Variable
- 45 m, 90 m
- 35 GHz
- https://www.arm.gov/publications/tech_reports/handbooks/mmcr_handbook.pdf
Ken Moran
Kevin Widener, Karen Johnson
NOAA/ETL
DoE
data center outside NASA
