Title :
Airborne polarimetric radar measurements of rainfall profiles
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This work reports airborne Ku-band dual-polarization measurements of precipitation, acquired in three hurricanes during the Third Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-3) in 1998. Dual-polarization signatures in intense convective rain are seen at incidence angles as small as 20° off nadir. Dual-polarization rain estimates using the specific propagation differential phase shift are compared with single-polarization rain profiling algorithm results.
Keywords :
airborne radar; meteorological radar; radar polarimetry; rain; remote sensing by radar; storms; AD 1998; CAMEX-3; Ku-band dual-polarization measurements; Third Convection and Moisture Experiment; airborne polarimetric radar measurements; hurricanes; intense convective rain; propagation differential phase shift; rainfall profiles; single-polarization rain profiling algorithm; Aircraft; Attenuation; Hurricanes; Phase estimation; Polarization; Propulsion; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Rain; Reflectivity;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2003.817208
