Laboratory measurements of radar depolarization signatures in microwave pulse transmission through randomly distributed spherical scatterers

Author

Oguchi, Tomohiro ; Ishii, Satoshi ; Ito, Shigeo ; Manabe, Takeshi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Kanto Gakuin Univ., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

36

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1011

Lastpage

1015

Abstract

Laboratory measurements of a backscattered signal for large spherical scatterers are performed to investigate the range of applicability of approximate theory, which the authors used in interpreting the measured depolarization signatures of rain. The measured linear depolarization ratios (LDRs) are in remarkably good agreement with theoretical calculations

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; backscatter; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; rain; remote sensing by radar; 10 GHz; 34.5 GHz; EHF; SHF; approximate theory; atmosphere; backscatter; depolarization signature; large spherical scatterers; linear depolarization ratio; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microwave pulse transmission; microwave radar; radar depolarization signature; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; rain; randomly distributed spherical scatterer; Frequency; Laboratories; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Polarization; Pulse measurements; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Rain; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.673693

Filename

673693