Cloud Studies Using an Airborne Millimeter-Wavelength Radar

本研究的目的是在怀俄明大学King Air上部署机载多普勒偏振95 GHz （3.2 mm）雷达，以描绘云中水物质的微物理结构和演变。在第一年，该雷达将参与WISP实验（中部科罗拉多州），该实验旨在探索静止（波浪）云中冰和过冷水的分布和演变。在第二年和第三年将确定更多的实地试验。新的测量方法将提供新的技术来区分水和冰，测量卷云中冰晶的垂直运动，也许还能提供一种估计冰晶栖息地的方法。＊＊＊

9319907 Vali The objective of this research is the deployment of an airborne doppler polarimetric 95 GHz (3.2 mm) radar on the University of Wyoming King Air for the purpose of depicting the microphysical structure and evolution of water substance in clouds. During the first year, the radar will participate in the WISP experiment (Central Colorado) which is designed to explore the distribution and evolution of ice and supercooled water in stationary (wave) clouds. Additional field experiments will be identified during the second and third years. The new measurements should provide new techniques to discriminate between water and ice, measure the vertical motion of ice crystals in cirrus clouds and perhaps a means of estimating crystal habitat. ***