Title :
Discrimination of cloud and rain liquid water path by groundbased polarized microwave radiometry
Author_Institution :
RPG Radiometer Phys. GmbH, Meckenheim
Abstract :
Dual polarized microwave radiometers allow improved retrieval quality for liquid water path estimations compared to non-polarized multi-channel radiometers. The proposed method is based on the effect of non-spherical rain drop shape on the polarization signal in downwelling thermal radiation
Keywords :
atmospheric radiation; clouds; polarimetry; radiometry; rain; 19.0 GHz; cloud; downwelling thermal radiation; dual polarized microwave radiometers; groundbased polarized microwave radiometry; liquid water path; nonspherical rain drop shape; rain; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Frequency; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Passive microwave remote sensing; Physics; Polarization; Rain; Shape measurement;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE MicroRad, 2006
Conference_Location :
SanJuan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9417-8
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677105
