Title :
Radar Measurement of Precipitation-Related Depolarization in Thunderstorms
Author :
Mccormick, G.C. ; Hendry, Archibald
Author_Institution :
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. K1A OR8, Canada
Abstract :
Observations of thunderstorm regions above 4 km have been made by means of a two-channel polarization diversity radar at 16.5 GHz. There is a brief description of the radar equipment. Computer-generated plots of the radar data show regions of depolarization presumably originating in ice-crystal clouds, and abrupt changes in depolarization induced by lightning strokes. There is a discussion of the physical processes causing the various effects.
Keywords :
Acoustic propagation; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Doppler radar; Feeds; Large Hadron Collider; Optical polarization; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Transmitters; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGE.1979.294641
