Improved rain attenuation correction algorithms for radar reflectivity and differential reflectivity with adaptation to drop shape model variation

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1910-1913

  Liu, Yuxiang ^a   Bringi, V N ^a   Maki, M ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuation; CASA; Dual polarization; Radar

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; POLARIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPOSPHERE;

DIFFERENTIAL PROPAGATION; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DUAL-POLARIZATION;

RAIN;

EID: 34948895432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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