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X-Band Radar
X-Band Radar

X-band radars are ground-based radars that operate in the 8-12 GHz frequency range. They provide measurements of radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity, and other radar parameters to characterize precipitation and clouds. Due to operating on a smaller wavelength, the X-band radars are more sensitive and can detect smaller particles, making them useful for studying light precipitation and cloud development.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Radar

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation

Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Doppler Velocity

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds

Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Backscatter

Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity

Vertical Measurement Regions

Full Column Profile

Temporal Resolution

Variable

Spatial Resolution

Variable

Measurement Frequency

8-12 GHz

Calibration Details

Currently unavailble

Online Information

Lead Investigator
Currently unavailable
Technical Contact
Currently unavailable
Instrument Maker
Various
Funding Source
Currently unavailable
Overview Publications
Currently unavailable
Repository
- Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC (GHRC)

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Campaign Field Sites

68 Campaigns · 162 Instruments

Olympic Mountains Experiment

Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State

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· 36 Data Products

Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean Experiment

The Mediterranean

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· 3 Data Products

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains

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· 34 Data Products

Douglas DC-8

43 Campaigns · 180 Instruments

High Ice Water Content Radar Study

Southeastern United States, Florida, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

Roger Revelle during the SPURS campaign

Roger Revelle during the SPURS campaign

R/V Roger Revelle

2 Campaigns · 15 Instruments

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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· 41 Data Products

Convair-580

8 Campaigns · 43 Instruments

Tropical Rain Measuring Mission-Kwajalein Experiment

Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

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· 0 Data Products

P-3 Orion

26 Campaigns · 139 Instruments

Convection and Moisture Experiment

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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· 70 Data Products

NCAR Sabreliner

3 Campaigns · 21 Instruments

Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment

East-Central Florida

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· 0 Data Products

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Permanent Land Site

Campaign Permanent Land Sites

55 Campaigns · 77 Instruments

Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment

East-Central Florida

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· 0 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns

Platforms

Formats

GPM Ground Validation CAX1 Radar RB5 format OLYMPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/XPOL/DATA201

CampaignsOlympic Mountains Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

GPM Ground Validation CAX1 Radar ODIM format OLYMPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/XPOL/DATA101

CampaignsOlympic Mountains Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

GPM Ground Validation CAX1 Radar CFradial format OLYMPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/XBAND/DATA301

CampaignsOlympic Mountains Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

GPM Ground Validation CXSI Radar Imagery OLYMPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/CXSI/DATA101

CampaignsOlympic Mountains Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

SPURS-2 shipboard X-band radar backscatter data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign10.5067/SPUR2-XBAND

CampaignsSalinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

PlatformsR/V Roger Revelle

FormatsnetCDF

SPURS-2 shipboard X-band radar backscatter images for the 2016 E. Tropical Pacific field campaign10.5067/SPUR2-XBIMG

CampaignsSalinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

PlatformsR/V Roger Revelle

Formatspng