The CloudCube airborne instrument is a technology demonstration for a future cube or small sat mission funded by the Instrument Incubator Program (IIP). It is an atmospheric multifrequency profiler with sinlge Ka or W band, or dual G-band frequencies.


Instrument specifics

  • Status: ACTIVE
  • Type: multifrequency profiling radar

Platform(s)

  • DC-8 (retired)

Campaigns flown

  • Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (ESCAPE) 2023
  • CPEX-AW 2022
  • CPEX-CV 2021

Contact

Raquel Rodriguez Monje

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Links

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IEEE paper

Keywords

vertical cloud profilings, convection, precipitation structures and dynamics