Title :
Measurements of ocean surface radar backscatter in the presence of wind and rain using an airborne Doppler weather radar
Author :
Hildebrand, Peter H.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
This study makes use of airborne weather radar observations of oceanic tropical rainshowers to evaluate the contributions of the rain, the raindrop splashes, and the sea surface to the total backscatter at the sea surface in the presence of rain. A simple empirical model is proposed that can estimate the backscatter from raindrop splashes
Keywords :
airborne radar; atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; meteorological radar; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; rain; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; wind; airborne Doppler weather radar; airborne radar; atmosphere; backscatter; boundary layer; empirical model; measurement technique; ocean surface; radar meteorology; radar scattering; radiowave reflection; rain; raindrop splash; remote sensing; sea surface; total backscatter; tropical rainshower; wind; Airborne radar; Backscatter; Doppler radar; Meteorological radar; Oceans; Radar measurements; Rain; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Storms;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520277
