Title :
Rain backscatter measurements at millimeter wavelengths
Author :
Richard, Victor W. ; Kammerer, John E. ; Wallace, H. Bruce
Author_Institution :
US Army Ballistic Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
fDate :
5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) conducted an experiment in 1973 to measure the properties of radar backscatter from rain at millimeter wavelengths. Rain backscatter and attenuation were measured with pulse radars operating simultaneously at 9.375, 35, 70, and 95 GHz over a wide range of rain intensities while continuous measurements of raindrop size and rainfall rate were made. This report describes the measurement technique, details of the instrumentation, the data analysis procedure, and the rain backscatter data obtained from A-scope photographs and video tapes
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; radar applications; radiowave propagation; rain; remote sensing; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 35 GHz; 70 GHz; 9.3 to 95 GHz; 9.375 GHz; 95 GHz; AD 1973; EHF; SHF; atmosphere; attenuation; measurement technique; microwave reflection; mm wave; radar backscatter; radiowave; rain; raindrop size; rainfall rate; troposphere; Attenuation measurement; Backscatter; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Pulse measurements; Radar measurements; Rain; Size measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
