-Cloud Radar W-Ka Band-

The RPG-FMCW 35/94 (Ka/W) radar is a microwave instrument for the detection of cloud particles. It emits continuous microwave power at 35 and 94 GHz and detects the reflected power from cloud droplets, rain droplets, ice and snow particles. The evaluation of the Doppler frequency shift from falling particles enables the radar to determine a velocity spectrum. The cloud radar provides vertical profiles of the radar reflectivity factor with high temporal (~1 s) and spatial resolution (down to 1 m). These profiles contain information about cloud geometry.