https://amof.ac.uk Atmospheric Measurement and Observation Facility Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:56:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://amof.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-AMOF-Icon-Colour@4x-32x32.png https://amof.ac.uk 32 32 https://amof.ac.uk/instruments/x-band-mobile-weather-radar/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:48:40 +0000 https://amof.ac.uk/?post_type=instruments&p=3897 The mobile radar operates at X-band (9.375 GHz, 3cm) and has Doppler and dual-polarisation capability. The radar measures areal precipitation, radial winds and polarisation parameters. It can also detect clear-air echoes at close range from insects.

]]> https://amof.ac.uk/instruments/cao-galileo-w-band-cloud-radar/ Sat, 18 Jan 2020 14:25:58 +0000 https://amof.ac.uk/?post_type=instruments&p=2223 https://amof.ac.uk/instruments/cao-camra-s-band-radar/ Sat, 18 Jan 2020 12:05:30 +0000 https://amof.ac.uk/?post_type=instruments&p=2209 Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa), an S-band dual-polarization Doppler radar on a fully steerable 25 m antenna.

]]> https://amof.ac.uk/instruments/mobile-cloud-radar/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:34:37 +0000 http://amof-ac-uk.stackstaging.com/instruments/mobile-cloud-radar/ Trailer-mounted mobile Doppler cloud radar with scanning 1.0m antenna operating at 35.1 GHz.  It uses linear polarisation on transmit and receives co- and cross-polarised signals simultaneously.

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