期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2010
卷号：XXXVIII - Part 8
页码：78-80
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Cloud is still one of the most powerful uncertainties in climate system, together with aerosol. Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and E uropean Space Agency (ESA) are going to materialize a project named "Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Mission; EarthCARE". The objective of the mission is to reveal the process from cloud formation with aerosol, to washout as precipitation with radiative evaluation. The new space borne radar; Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) is going to be developed in the cooperation between JAXA and NICT. CPR is the first W - band space borne Doppler Cloud Radar to observe vertical distr ibution and motion of cloud particle. Th is quite unique sensor is equipped with a large diameter antenna and high - power 94GHz transmitter to materialize the Doppler measurement. The instrument is now in Engineering Model phase. Flight Model will be completed in 2012. The EarthCARE satellite will be launch in 2013
关键词：EarthCARE; CPR; Doppler; RA ; DAR; JAXA; NICT; satellite
