DocumentCode
1999811
Title
Polarimetric Radar Measurements of Rain and Radar Derived Attenuation and Depolarization in Rain at 20/30 GHz
Author
Schnabl, G.
Author_Institution
DFVLR, Institut fÿr HF-Technik, D-8031 Oberpfaffenhofen, Federal Republic of Germany
fYear
1988
fDate
12-15 Sept. 1988
Firstpage
436
Lastpage
441
Abstract
Propagation properties of rain are derived from radar measurements. The radar measurements of rain have been performed using the polarimetric DFVLR weather radar. Measurements of the horizontal reflectivity, differential reflectivity and linear depolarization ratio in rain are presented. The mean canting angle of raindrops is directly derived from measurements at several linear polarizations. The radar data is corrected for propagation effects which occur on the way between radar and scatter volume. Attenuation and depolarization are derived from the corrected radar data for the frequencies of planned satellite-earth links at 20 and 30 GHz.
Keywords
Attenuation; Frequency; Meteorological radar; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Rain; Reflectivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 1988. 18th European
Conference_Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.1988.333852
Filename
4132540
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