TCSP CLOUD RADAR SYSTEM (CRS) V1

The TCSP Cloud Radar System (CRS) datasets consists of vertically profiled reflectivity and Doppler velocity at aircraft nadir along the flight track. The CRS is a 94 GHz (W-band; 3 mm wavelength) Doppler radar developed for autonomous operation in the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft and for ground-based operation. It provided high-resolution profiles of reflectivity and Doppler velocity in clouds and it has important applications to atmospheric remote sensing studies. The CRS was designed to fly with the Cloud Lidar System (CLS), in the tail cone of an ER-2 superpod. There are two basic modes of operation of the CRS: 1) ER-2 with reflectivity, Doppler, and linear-depolarization measurements, and 2) ground-based with full polarimetric capability. The Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission used the ER-2 mode. The TCSP mission collected data for research and documentation of cyclogenesis, the interaction of temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind and air pressure that creates ideal birthing conditions for tropical storms, hurricanes and related phenomena. The goal of this mission was to help us better understand how hurricanes and other tropical storms are formed and intensify.

TCSP云雷达系统（CRS）数据集包括沿飞行轨迹的垂直剖面反射率和多普勒速度，该系统是一种专为NASA ER-2高空飞机自主操作以及地面操作而开发的94 GHz（W波段；3毫米波长）多普勒雷达。该系统能够提供云中反射率和多普勒速度的高分辨率剖面，对大气遥感研究具有重要意义。CRS被设计为与云激光雷达系统（CLS）一同飞行，位于ER-2超机尾锥部分。CRS有两种基本的工作模式：1）ER-2模式，包括反射率、多普勒和线性极化率测量，以及2）地面模式，具备全极化测量能力。热带云系统与过程（TCSP）任务采用ER-2模式。TCSP任务收集了关于气旋生成、温度、湿度、降水、风和气压相互作用的数据，这些相互作用创造了热带风暴、飓风及相关现象的理想孕育条件。此次任务的目标是帮助我们更好地理解飓风和其他热带风暴的形成和增强过程。