National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Boulder)
Snow-Level Radar
equipmentfield / airborne sensorIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NOAA Boulder; CIRES
Description
PSL snow-level radar operating at 2.835 GHz to measure the altitude where snow changes to rain, a key parameter for runoff in mountainous watersheds; built by CIRES.
Official page
https://psl.noaa.gov/technology/snow-level-radar/
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- Contact
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Details
- Keywords
- snow level, rain versus snow, mountain watersheds, runoff forecasting, precipitation radar
- Key spec
- 2.835 GHz operating frequency
- Equipment class
- Precipitation profiling radar
- Associated entity
- NOAA
- Specifications
- The radar operates at 2.835 GHz, which is ideal for measuring the properties of precipitation because at this frequency there is very little weakening of the radar signals by precipitation.