Integral equations for a dual-wavelength radar

Author

Meneghini, Robert ; Liao, Liang ; Iguchi, Toshio

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

272

Abstract

A dual-wavelength spaceborne weather radar is expected to be one of the primary instruments on the proposed Global Precipitation Mission, GPM, satellite. In addition, airborne dual-wavelength weather radar data at (13.6, 35 GHz), (10, 35 GHz), (10, 94 GHz) have been or will be acquired within the next several years. The objective of the paper is to outline some of the techniques for analyzing such data with a focus on an approach that uses integral equations that describe the change in the DSD parameters with radar range.

Keywords

atmospheric precipitation; integral equations; meteorological radar; radar theory; rain; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; 13.6 GHz; 35 GHz; EHF; GPM; Global Precipitation Mission; SHF; atmosphere; dual wavelength radar; integral equations; meteorological radar; meteorology; precipitation; radar remote sensing; radar theory; rain; spaceborne radar; weather radar; Attenuation; Differential equations; Frequency; Integral equations; Meteorological radar; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Rain; Rayleigh scattering; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025010

Filename

1025010