Re: They talked about HIRAD
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 7/29/2010, 4:41 pm
"HIRAD is a hurricane imaging, single-pol passive C-band radiometer with both cross-track and along-track resolution that measures strong ocean surface winds through heavy rain from an aircraft or space-based platform. Its swath width is approximately 60 degrees in either direction. There are two products: rain rate and wind speed."
From the end of this table: http://grip.nsstc.nasa.gov/instruments_table.html
Image of plane it flies on at the end of this page: http://grip.nsstc.nasa.gov/instruments.html
I'm not familiar with it, but as far as I know NOAA still uses the SFMR. (which can have issues with rain) Not sure if they or anyone else has tested this though. |
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