Description: operate on a wavelength of 2.5-4 cm and a frequency of 8-12 GHz.
Costs USD Lower: $900,000
Costs USD Upper: $1,200,000
Accessories: ACCESSORIES
Advantages: This radar is more sensitive than the C band radar, and can detect smaller particles than either the C band or S band. X band radars are ideally suited for studies in cloud physics and cloud dynamics. This is a good radar wavelength for meso and micro scale cloud observations. The dish size is smaller than the C band radar, but larger than the K band radar.
Disadvantages: In exchange for the enhanced sensitivity over the C and S band, the effective range, due to attenuation, is less than the C or S band. For general surviellance larger scale surviellance, these radars are generally not recommended.
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