Articles | Volume 7, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4539-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4539-2014
Research article
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20 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2014

HAMP – the microwave package on the High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft (HALO)

M. Mech, E. Orlandi, S. Crewell, F. Ament, L. Hirsch, M. Hagen, G. Peters, and B. Stevens

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Here the High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft Microwave Package (HAMP) is introduced. The package consists of three passive radiometer modules with 26 channels between 22 and 183 GHz and a 36 GHz Doppler cloud radar. The manuscript describes the instrument specifications, the installation in the aircraft, and the operation. Furthermore, results from simulation and retrieval studies, as well as measurements from a first test campaign, are shown.