• DocumentCode
    2132210
  • Title

    Radar Study of Polarization Structure of Precipitation

  • Author

    Yanovsky, F.J. ; Ligthart, L.P. ; Unal, C.M.H. ; Korban, V.H.

  • Author_Institution
    IRCTR, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands; Kiev Int´´l University of Civil Aviation, Komarova, 1, 252180, Kiev, Ukraine. Fax: +31 15 2784046, +38 044 4883027; Phone: +31 15 278 6292, +38 044 4849445, e-mail: F.Y
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 1997
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    162
  • Abstract
    Polarization structures of different kinds of precipitation are experimentally studied with ground-based radars. The behavior and characteristic values of the differential reflectivity, depolarization ratio and Stokes parameters for different weather objects are discussed. Statistical data corresponding to the polarization parameters are given. The possibility to classify weather objects with statistical procedures is shown. In particular, a method to detect hail based on radar polarimetry is confirmed experimentally, and the reliability of the procedure is assessed.
  • Keywords
    Clouds; Doppler radar; Frequency; Meteorological radar; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar polarimetry; Reflectivity; Sea measurements; Stokes parameters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1997. 27th European
  • Conference_Location
    Jerusalem, Israel
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1997.337789
  • Filename
    4138830