• DocumentCode
    1304395
  • Title

    Potential use of optimal polarisations in sensing the canting angle distribution of raindrops

  • Author

    Agrawal, A.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    158
  • Abstract
    The optimal polarisation of rain backscatter is investigated to determine the Gaussian canting angle distribution of the raindrops. It is found that the COPOL MAX is sensitive to the canting angle distribution. The means and variance of the canting angle distribution can be obtained from the average COPOL MAX and its spread.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave scattering; polarisation; radar; radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; COPOL MAX; Gaussian canting angle distribution; meteorological radar; optimal polarisation of rain backscatter; raindrops canting angle distribution sensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900106
  • Filename
    82524
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1304395