Polarimetric analysis of meteorological radar measurements

Author

Schnabl, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Hochfrequenztech., Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1046

Abstract

Polarimetric radar measurements of rain have been performed using the meteorological DFVLR radar. The C-band DFVLR radar switches between orthogonal polarizations from pulse to pulse. The co- and cross-polar part of the backscattered signal is detected. The mean canting angle of raindrops is directly derived from radar measurements at several linear polarization pairs. A correction of the radar data for propagation effects is introduced. Attenuation and depolarization are derived from the corrected radar data for the frequencies of planned satellite-Earth links at 20/30 GHz.<>

Keywords

atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave propagation; radar applications; radar measurement; radar theory; radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 20 GHz; 30 GHz; C-band DFVLR radar; SHF; atmosphere; attenuation; backscattered signal; depolarization; linear polarization; mean canting angle; meteorological DFVLR radar; meteorological radar measurements; microwave; orthogonal polarizations; polarimetric analysis; polarimetric radar measurements; propagation effects; radar data; radiowave propagation; rain; raindrops; satellite-Earth links; troposphere; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Rain; Signal detection; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1989. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1989.134879

Filename

134879