CURIE: a new clear air doppler radar dedicated to the lower part of the atmospheric boundary layer (20 m- 750m)

Hassan Al-Sakka (1) , Alain Weill (1) , Christophe Le Gac (1) , Richard Ney (1) , E. Dupont (2)

1 CETP - Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires
2 CEREA - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique

A new X-band miniradar, the CURIE radar (Canopy Urban Research on Interactions and Exchanges), mainly adapted to low Atmospheric Boundary Layer sounding has been developed at CETP. After a brief description of the opportunity and working conditions in a turbulent atmosphere, main characteristics are presented. Though this radar works in presence of precipitation as all X-band radar can do, this paper is more dedicated to clear air used in the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer. We are presented comparisons with UHF observations and boundary layer information which can be inferred from CURIE as entrainment across the inversion layer.

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

Hassan Al-Sakka, Alain Weill, Christophe Le Gac, Richard Ney, E. Dupont. CURIE: a new clear air doppler radar dedicated to the lower part of the atmospheric boundary layer (20 m- 750m). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2008, 1, 012015 (7pp). ⟨10.1088/1755-1315/1/1/012015⟩. ⟨hal-00287096⟩