On the feasibility of a Doppler weather radar for estimates of drop size distribution using two closely spaced frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2203-2216

  Meneghini, Robert ^a,b   Liao, L ^c   Bidwell, Steven W ^a,b   Heymsfield, G M ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Caelum Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne radar; Doppler; Drop size distribution; Dual wavelength; Spaceborne radar

Indexed keywords

DROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-RAYLEIGH SCATTERINGS;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RAIN; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 0035481379     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.957283     Document Type: Article

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