DocumentCode
1559890
Title
Effects of random inhomogeneity on radar measurements and rain rate estimation
Author
Zhang, Guifu ; Vivekanandan, J. ; Brandes, Edward
Author_Institution
Res. Application Program, Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO, USA
Volume
40
Issue
1
fYear
2002
fDate
1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
223
Lastpage
227
Abstract
The authors study the sampling effect on radar measurements of inhomogeneous media and the resultant rain estimation. A two-level drop size distribution (DSD) model is proposed, in which DSD parameters are assumed to be variable for representing the sampling effects. The dependence of statistical moments on the variation of DSD parameters are calculated and applied to radar-based rain estimation
Keywords
atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; atmosphere; inhomogeneous media; measurement technique; meteorological radar; radar remote sensing; rain; rain rate estimation; rainfall; random inhomogeneity; sampling effects; statistical moments; two level drop size distribution model; Electromagnetic scattering; Meteorological radar; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Rain; Random media; Rayleigh scattering; Reflectivity; Sampling methods; Volume measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0196-2892
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/36.981367
Filename
981367
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