Simultaneous measurements of echopower and refractive index gradient using MST radar and radiosonde observations

Author

Kishore, P. ; Kumar, T.R.Vijaya ; Rao, D. Narayana

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Sri Venkateswara Univ., Tirupati, India

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

323

Abstract

MST Radars operated at VHF and UHF frequencies operate on the principle that radio waves in these frequency bands are scattered and/or reflected by fluctuations in the radio refractive index of the atmosphere. The paper is mainly concerned with reflection echoes obtained from the vertical direction in the troposphere. The parameters Wx and Wy are found to be highly correlated. The M profile agrees well upto 7 km with the vertical echopower profile

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; atmospheric turbulence; geophysical techniques; meteorology; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; stratosphere; troposphere; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; MST radar; UHF; VHF; atmosphere meteorology troposphere; backscatter; echo; echopower; measurement technique; radar remote sensing; radar scatter; radio refractive index; radiosonde; radiowave reflection; refractive index gradient; stratosphere; turbulence; vertical direction; Frequency; Optical reflection; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Refractive index; Space technology; Terrestrial atmosphere; Yagi-Uda antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322565

Filename

322565