The Tail Doppler Radar (TDR) is a vertically scanning, pulse Doppler radar installed on the tail of research aircraft. The original instrument, designed by NOAA and NCAR, was tested on NOAA aircraft and has since expanded to multiple platforms. This X-band radar with a magnetron transmitter has a scan rate of either five or ten rotations per minute and a corresponding range gate of 150 or 300 meters.
Instrument Details
- Radar
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- Troposphere
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- 1.35 degrees and 1.90 degrees
- 9315 MHz
- https://journals.ametsoc.org/jamc/article/22/5/744/352464/Feasibility-Test-of-an-Airborne-Pulse-Doppler
D. Jorgensen
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