Title :
Utilization of the first three Stokes parameters for the determination of precipitation characteristics
Author :
Schroth, A. ; Hornbostel, A. ; Kutuza, B.G. ; Zagorin, G.K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Deutsche Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
The magnitudes of the third Stokes parameter for up- and downwelling microwave emission and scattering by layers consisting of oriented nonspherical hydrometeors are estimated. In the case of downwelling radiation, incident Sun emission is also considered. It is shown that the third Stokes parameter has measurable values under certain conditions and can be utilized in addition to the first and the second Stokes vector components in order to derive microphysical parameters of the precipitation
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric radiation; Stokes parameters; Stokes vector components; downwelling microwave emission; downwelling radiation; incident Sun emission; oriented nonspherical hydrometeor layers; precipitation characteristics determination; precipitation microphysical parameters; scattering; upwelling microwave emission; Atmospheric measurements; Attenuation; Ice; Particle scattering; Polarization; Rain; Rayleigh scattering; Sea measurements; Stokes parameters; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702827
