New Cloud and Precipitation Research Avenues Enabled by low-cost Phased-array Radar Technology

Pavlos Kollias1, Mariko Oue1, Ann M Fridlind2, Toshihisa Matsui3 and David McLaughlin4, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, (3)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, COLLEGE PARK, MD, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States