BAE SYSTEMS WITH ITS SUBCONTRACTED PARTNERS WILL PROVIDE AN INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE STORM SAR OBSERVATION CONCEPT INCLUDING A PRELIMINARY MODEL AND SIMULATION OF THE OBSERVATION OF A PRECIPITATION FIELD A MODEL OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ASSOCIATED MULTI-STATIC RADAR INSTRUMENTATION AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS STATUS OF THE SPACE-SEGMENT HARDWARE NEEDED FOR THE OBSERVATION.