HAMP – the microwave package on the High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft (HALO)

Mech, M.; Orlandi, E.; Crewell, S.; Ament, F.; Hirsch, L.; Hagen, M.; Peters, G.; Stevens, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4539-2014

Articles | Volume 7, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4539-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4539-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 12

Research article

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20 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2014

HAMP – the microwave package on the High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft (HALO)

M. Mech, E. Orlandi, S. Crewell, F. Ament, L. Hirsch, M. Hagen, G. Peters, and B. Stevens

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RC C1205: 'Review of amy-2014-48 HAMP - the microwave package on the High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft HALO', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jun 2014
SC C1279: 'SC', Alessandro Battaglia, 10 Jun 2014
- AC C1481: 'Doppler fading and spectrum - reply to (SC) by A. Battaglia', Mario Mech, 02 Jul 2014
RC C2958: 'Review of Mech et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Oct 2014

Short summary

Here the High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft Microwave Package (HAMP) is introduced. The package consists of three passive radiometer modules with 26 channels between 22 and 183 GHz and a 36 GHz Doppler cloud radar. The manuscript describes the instrument specifications, the installation in the aircraft, and the operation. Furthermore, results from simulation and retrieval studies, as well as measurements from a first test campaign, are shown.