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Clear-air radar and 35 GHz cloud radar
Recent funding obtained by a consortium of UK universities from the NERC Joint Infrastructure Fund has resulted in the creation of the University Facilities for Atmospheric Measurements (UFAM), a range of state-of-the-art observational facilities currently being installed at Reading, UMIST, Salford, UEA, Leeds, and Aberystwyth. The University of Reading component of UFAM consists of two new atmospheric radars which are installed at Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire: a scannable, clear-air Doppler radar operating at 1275 MHz, and a Doppler cloud radar operating at 35 GHz. These new radars form an ideal complement to the existing instrumentation located at Chilbolton.
1275 MHz clear-air Doppler radar (ACROBAT)
35 GHz Doppler cloud radar (Copernicus)
Further information
We welcome enquiries from researchers who would like to use these facilities. Please direct any enquiries to Ed Pavelin, the Instrument Scientist responsible for the radars (e.pavelin@reading.ac.uk, tel. 0118 378 7381).