Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3283-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3283-2023
Research article
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29 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 29 Jun 2023

In-orbit cross-calibration of millimeter conically scanning spaceborne radars

Alessandro Battaglia, Filippo Emilio Scarsi, Kamil Mroz, and Anthony Illingworth

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GPM DPR Ka Precipitation Profile 2A 1.5 hours 5 km V07 Toshio Iguchi and Robert Meneghini https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/DPR/Ka/2A/07

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Some of the new generation of cloud and precipitation spaceborne radars will adopt conical scanning. This will make some of the standard calibration techniques impractical. This work presents a methodology to cross-calibrate radars in orbits by matching the reflectivity probability density function of ice clouds observed by the to-be-calibrated and by the reference radar in quasi-coincident locations. Results show that cross-calibration within 1 dB (26 %) is feasible.