BackForwardInstrument:  PR 

Instrument details
Acronym PR
Full name Precipitation Radar
Purpose Vertical profile of precipitation
Short description One frequency, 13.8 GHz. Sensitivity: 0.7 mm/h
Background New development
Scanning Technique Electronic scanning, planar array of 128 elements, swath 215 km
Resolution Horizontal 4.3 km, vertical 250 m (blind to the lowest ~ 150 m)
Coverage / Cycle Intertropical coverage 1 to 2 times/day depending on latitude (best coverage at 15°N and 15°S)
Mass 465 kg Power 250 W Data Rate 93.2 kbps

 

Providing Agency JAXA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1998 to 2015
Last update: 2022-07-25
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Active and radio-occultation sensor
  • Cloud and precipitation radar
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • Precipitation radars and cloud radars
  • Precipitation radar and cloud radar
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Cloud drop effective radius
  • Cloud ice
  • Cloud ice Total Column
  • Cloud ice effective radius
  • Cloud liquid water (CLW)
  • Cloud liquid water (CLW) total column
  • Freezing level height in clouds
  • Melting layer depth in clouds
  • Precipitation (liquid or solid)
  • Precipitation intensity at surface (liquid or solid)
Evaluation of Measurements