X-pow

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  • X-POW
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  • Mobile X-band Polarimetric Weather Radar on Wheels (X-POW)is a Doppler scanning radar operating at 9.3 GHz.with horizontal and vertical polarization. Used for detection and detailing surface rainfall rate and precipitation classification fields, 3D precipitation microphysical retrievals including water/frozen hydrometer contents and drop size distribution profiles, X-POW was located in the Florida Keys during the CAMEX-4 field experiment. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: X-POW Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: In Situ Land-based Platforms Platform_Series_or_Entity: WEATHER STATIONS/NETWORKS Short_Name: X-POW Long_Name: X-band Polarimetric Weather Radar End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: X-POW End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-12-12 Online_Resource: http://camex.nsstc.nasa.gov/camex4/instrument_documentation/xpow.pdf End_Group
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  • X-band Polarimetric Weather Radar
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