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NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation

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June 10, 2026 48 views
Original source: NASA

A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument simultaneously probes the atmosphere with three radar signals, spanning 36 to 240 GHz, for optimized sensi...