| Presentation | 2016-09-15 Clouds Observations with High Resolution W-band Radar FALCON-A Toshiaki Takano, Kenyo Yanaga, Yohei Kawamura, Taichi Iura, Daichi Mori, Teppei Moriya, |
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| Abstract(in English) | New cloud profiling FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) Doppler radar named FALCON-A in W-band 95 GHz is developed and installed at the Arctic Station in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway. FALCON-A consists of two 1m-diameter antennas and has high spatial resolution of 0.18 degree FWHM, which corresponds to 15m FWHM at the height of 5 km. A high range resolution of 48m is realized with the FMCW type radar, which is about several times higher than that of normal pulse type radar. Output power of FALCON-A is as small as 1W. Although its small output power, FALCON-A has enough sensitivities to observe thin clouds at high altitude up to 15 km and has high resolution in Doppler measurements. Using FALCON-A, we started regular observations in 2013 September at Ny-Alesund even in the winter days. Examples of observations with FALCON-A are presented. |
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| Paper # | AP2016-87 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-09-08 (AP) |
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| Committee | AP / MW |
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| Conference Date | 2016/9/15(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | AIST |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Microwave, Millimeter wave, Measurement, Antennas and Propagation |
| Chair | Keizo Cho(Chiba Inst. of Tech.) / Yohei Ishikawa(Kyoto Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Hisato Iwai(Doshisha Univ.) / Takao Kuki(Kokushikan Univ.) / Kenjiro Nishikawa(Kagoshima Univ.) / Kenichi Tajima(Mitsubishi Electric) |
| Secretary | Hisato Iwai(Niigata Univ.) / Takao Kuki(NTT DoCoMo) / Kenjiro Nishikawa(Panasonic) / Kenichi Tajima(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Nobuyasu Takemura(Nippon Inst. of Tech.) / Satoshi Yamaguchi(Mitsubishi Electric) / Naoto Sekiya(Univ. of Yamanashi) / Satoshi Ono(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Antennas and Propagation / Technical Committee on Microwaves |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Clouds Observations with High Resolution W-band Radar FALCON-A |
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| 1st Author's Name | Toshiaki Takano |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Chiba University(Chiba Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Kenyo Yanaga |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Chiba University(Chiba Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Yohei Kawamura |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Chiba University(Chiba Univ.) |
| 4th Author's Name | Taichi Iura |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Chiba University(Chiba Univ.) |
| 5th Author's Name | Daichi Mori |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Chiba University(Chiba Univ.) |
| 6th Author's Name | Teppei Moriya |
| 6th Author's Affiliation | Chiba University(Chiba Univ.) |
| Date | 2016-09-15 |
| Paper # | AP2016-87 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.116 |
| Number (no) | AP-218 |
| Page | pp.pp.1-4(AP), |
| #Pages | 4 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-09-08 (AP) |