Cloud Radar Articles & Analysis
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The EarthCARE satellite carries four scientific instruments specifically designed for global observation of clouds, aerosols, solar and thermal radiation. The instruments – a cloud profiling radar, a multispectral imager, a broadband radiometer and an atmospheric lidar – work in a complementary way. ...
"We have conducted an evaluation using the data in our radar device, which records cloud development and movement. From our analysis, cloud seeding contributed to the decrease of rainfall in Jakarta during this period," says Seto. ...
After five years of data we really have a very good idea of how these clouds systems look." The satellite uses lidar - light detection and ranging - that is similar to radar but employs light instead of microwave energy. The lidar measures, vertically from space, the thickness and composition of clouds and aerosol layers and their altitudes. ...
This is why the EarthCARE proposal was selected”. EarthCARE, ESA’s Cloud and Aerosol mission developed in co-operation with JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, will address the need for a better understanding of the interactions between cloud, radiative and aerosol processes that play a role in climate regulation. ...
EarthCARE is a mission to compare cloud distribution with radiation, giving a more detailed picture of how clouds affect climate change. ...