Multiple-scattering formulation of pulsed beam waves in hydrometeors and its application to millimeter-wave weather radar

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Ito, Shigeo ^a,b   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a,c   Oguchi, Tomohiro ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave radar; Radar meteorological factors; Rain; Scattering

Indexed keywords

BEAM WAVES; MILLIMETER-WAVE RADARS; RADAR ECHOES; RADAR METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; HYDROMETERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; RAIN; SCATTERING; VECTORS;

RADAR;

EID: 33846615912     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2006.882145     Document Type: Article

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