IIHR- Hydroscience & Engineering
College of Engineering, The University of Iowa
 

 
IIHR's mobile rainfall observatory houses an X-band vertically pointing radar (VPR), satellite antenna, and several computers for controlling the radar and IIHR's 2D video disdrometer. It is air-conditioned and with storage area for tools and equipment.

The observatory is used in community-wide filed experiments. Examples include NASA's TRMM/TEFLUN-B in Melbourne, Florida, and CASES-99 in Kansas.

More Information

For more information about the IIHR mobile rainfall observatory contact Dr. Anton Kruger or Prof. Witold Krajewski.

Iowa Mobile Rainfall Observatory during CASES-99 (Kansas).

 

 

Iowa Mobile Rainfall Observatory during NASA's TRMM/TEFLUN-B (Florida).


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