The technology developed will benefit the greater weather research community by allowing weather radar systems to more precisely quantify precipitation. Adapting the technology to other radar wavelengths in future efforts will also allow Remote Sensing Solutions to market to the operational weather research community using long and medium range weather radars.
The proposed Phase II effort will develop and demonstrate the critical technologies required to achieve a dual polarized, dual wavelength antenna capable of providing accurate, quantitative measurements of precipitation and addressing NASA's critical needs with regards to GPM and precipitation measurements, and supporting research in cloud formation and in precipitation initiation that would benefit the NASA ACE program. CloudSat follow-on missions and other future missions focusing on Earth Science will benefit from this antenna's unique ability to ensure accurate measurement of precipitation and cloud properties.
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