• DocumentCode
    1323953
  • Title

    Impact of drop size distribution on ZDR estimation [meteorological radar]

  • Author

    Capsoni, C. ; D´Amico, M. ; Nebuloni, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    252
  • Lastpage
    253
  • Abstract
    The performance of an S-band dual-polarisation meteorological radar is investigated using a physically-based radar simulator, in particular, the impact of the drop size distribution on the variance of the estimate of differential reflectivity (ZDR) is addressed and discussed
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave reflection; estimation theory; meteorological radar; microwave propagation; rain; reflectivity; S-band meteorological radar; ZDR estimation; differential reflectivity; drop size distribution; dual-polarisation radar; physically-based radar simulator; rain rate estimation errors; rainfall rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000250
  • Filename
    836567
    • Link To Document
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