Owner
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne LAPI
(EPFL-LAPI)
Manufacturer
- ProSensing
Model
ProSensing XPOL
Instrument type
Measured variables
- radar reflectivity factor
- spectral width
- differential reflectivity
- Doppler velocity
- co-cross-channel differential phase
- co-cross-channel correlation coefficient
Description
Mobile scanning polarimetric Doppler precipitation radar operating at X-band, performing PPI’s and RHI’s continuously. Provides Doppler spectra and polarimetric radar variables to characterise clouds and precipitation at a range resolution of 75 m.
Location
| – | Mt Helmos |
Principal Investigators
| – | now | Alexis Berne |
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| – | now | Nicole Clerx |
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Related identifier
| Described by: | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lapi/facilities-and-instruments/mxpol/ |
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Citation
Berne, A., & Clerx, N. (2026). LAPI MXPol. ACTRIS Cloud remote sensing data centre unit (CLU). https://hdl.handle.net/21.12132/3.b553925cb93b4d66
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