Passive and active Stokes vector measurements of microwave emission and scattering by precipitation

Author

Hornbostel, A. ; Schroth, A. ; Sobachkin, A. ; Kutuza, B.G. ; Evtuchenko, A. ; Zagorin, G.K.

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Hochfrequenztech., Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2078

Abstract

Passive and active fully polarimetric ground-based measurements of rain signatures have been carried out. The obtained results, in particular for the third Stokes parameter and the orientation angle of polarisation are compared with theoretical calculations. The principles and special features of the used radiometer and radar instruments are described

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; backscatter; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; Stokes vector; atmosphere; measurement technique; microwave emission; microwave polarimetry; microwave radiometry; orientation angle; polarisation; precipitation; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; rain; rain signature; rainfall; remote sensing; Meteorological radar; Particle measurements; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Radiometry; Rain; Stokes parameters; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775037

Filename

775037