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The role of clouds in climate and weather is known to be very important, but is still not fully understood. Making accurate and comprehensive observations is the first step towards fuller discovery and understanding. This project will develop an innovative passive microwave remote sensor that will be able to observe cloud parameters such as extinction, total water content, liquid plus ice, liqui ...

Hyperspectral remote sensing in the microwave offers the opportunity to substantially improve the atmospheric information provided to numerical weather prediction data assimilation systems, enabling advancements in forecast skill. This Phase I project proposes a numerical study leading to selection of optimal channels for a space borne hyperspectral sensor. Based on the recommendations from a n ...

This Phase I project proposes the development of a Marine Profiling Radiometer (MPR). The MPR is a passive microwave remote sensor capable to measure the stability of the marine boundary layer. Significant innovations in radiometer design, packaging, mode of operation, and calibration enable the MPR to operate in the unforgiving marine environment for an extended time without maintenance and user ...

This SBIR Phase I project proposes the design and prototype development of a compact microwave radiometer to be used as a remote sensor of inflight icing hazards, and will be capable of detecting and evaluating icing conditions in an aircrafts flight path. Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology will design a sensor that could be used on a number of different aircraft, will be reliable, robu ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is in improving and simplifying weather observations from various platforms, such as an unmanned aircraft, small satellites in orbit, a buoy in the middle of the ocean or from the ground, even in a remote location. The targeted customer for the radiometer receiver is anyone who desires a more detailed, localized, short term forecast. Such cus ...

The proposed project will develop a low cost marine atmospheric boundary layer profiler. The Marine Profiling Radiometer (MPR) will provide temperature and humidity profiles, indicative of the atmospheric stability, up to heights of 200 m and above. In addition, the radiometer will provide integrated water vapor and cloud liquid measurement. All these measurements will be provided at the rates app ...

The proposed project will develop a lightweight, low volume and low power consuming sensor for accurate measurements of liquid water or ice water content of clouds, water vapor concentration and local thermodynamic state of the atmosphere. It will be capable to operate from a small unmanned aircraft system platform, with instrument weight less than 6 kg and power requirement of less than 150W. The ...

Many applications in areas such as geophysics, biology, agriculture, security, and others require long-term observations of parameters at a distant location where power or communication links are not available and are impractical or too expensive to install. Examples for such measurements are various in situ measurements in the middle of the ocean on a buoy or ship, measurements of soil moisture, ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is in the improvement of atmospheric state observations from various platforms. This compact, integrated and ?plug and play? receiver design will make the existing observations more available, more economical, and will also enable previously unattainable observations of water vapor distributions within the atmosphere. This environmental senso ...

A lightweight, low power, airborne microwave radiometer for clouds and atmospheric observations from an unmanned aerial system is being developed. This uniquely capable sensor will capitalize on the increasing utility of unmanned aerial platforms for scientific missions. It will make observations more economical, timely, and useful for a wide community.