1. 1 No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of DAME consortium DAME Doppler Effect Modelling for Air Motion Estimates Overview Prepare by McGill University, University of Bonn, and Deimos Space DAME consortium members Pavlos Kollias (McGill) Aleksandra Tatarevic (McGill) Wanda Szyrmer (McGill) A. Battaglia (Bonn/Leicester) Marco Milan (Bonn) Juan Acarreta (Deimos)

2. 2 No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of DAME consortium Consortium and Roles CompanyRole and Responsibility McGill University (Prime of the activity) Existing Forward Spaceborne Doppler Radar Models review ATBDs for the Forward, Instrument and Retrieval models Coding of prototypes Case Study EarthCARE CPR: Analysis of error budget and mitigation techniques for bias removal Final Report and recommendations on future Space-borne radar missions Support to Bonn University BONN UNIVERSITY (Leicester University) Existing Forward Spaceborne Doppler Radar Models review Doppler forward model coding in single scattering approximation and inclusive of multiple scattering effects Support to McGill University DEIMOS Space S.L.Model Development and Validation Plan Requirements (supported by McGill) and Detailed Design Documents Generation of Templates (ATBD, Reports, etc.), proofreading and version controlling Software management (versioning and SPR status) Setup and maintenance of the webpage Testing of prototypes and test report generation interface with ESA and overall management to support McGill External participation of Dr Simone Tanelli (JPL)

3. 3 No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of DAME consortium Deliverables – Expected Outcome  State-of-the-art instrument and forward models for spaceborne Doppler radars suitable to simulate:  a breath of spaceborne Doppler radar configurations including scanning and advance signal processing schemes  complex atmospheric/surface scenes from tranquil stratiform clouds to vigorous deep convection over water or variable land type surfaces  Retrieval models suitable for Doppler motion correction due to antenna mispointing and “target” ID  Doppler performance study for planned (EarthCARE) and future spaceborne Doppler radar missions  All models will be integrated in the EarthCARE Simulator and distributed (via ESA) as a community tool for algorithm development and future feasibility/engineering trade off studies