Title :
Use of radar images for the development of a propagation oriented space-time rain model
Author :
Capsoni, Carlo ; Luini, Lorenzo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Milan, Italy
Abstract :
The propagation of electromagnetic waves through the atmosphere at frequencies above 10 GHz is strongly influenced by oxygen, water vapor, clouds and, even more heavily, by rain. The scarcity of worldwide reliable rainfall data has pushed towards the development of models that could adequately reproduce real rain fields. This contribution presents the analysis of some spatial and temporal characteristics of rain cells for rainfall modeling purposes, based on an extensive database of weather radar images. The results obtained in this study are of key importance in the development of advanced cellular space-time rainfall models.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave propagation; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; cellular space-time rainfall models; clouds; electromagnetic wave propagation; meteorological radar; propagation oriented space-time rain model; rain cells; rain field modeling; spatial characteristics; temporal characteristics; water vapor; weather radar images; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Image analysis; Radar imaging; Rain; Spaceborne radar; Meteorological radar; rain cells; rain field modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417527
