• DocumentCode
    2248723
  • Title

    Inferring hydrometeor shapes using different polarization states of radar signals

  • Author

    Matrosov, S.Y. ; Reinking, R.F. ; Kropfli, R.A. ; Martner, B.E. ; Bartram, B.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Cooperative Inst. for Res. in Environ. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1577
  • Abstract
    A theoretical consideration of using radar depolarization measurements for identifying shapes of particles in winter clouds is given. Theoretical results are illustrated using results from recent field programs
  • Keywords
    atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; atmosphere; cloud; depolarization; hydrometeor; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microphysics; morphology; polarization states; precipitation; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; rain; shape; theory; winter; Aggregates; Clouds; Crystals; Ice; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Radar theory; Sea measurements; Shape measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6359-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2000.857277
  • Filename
    857277