Comparison of raindrop size distribution estimates from X-band and S-band polarimetric observations

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-605

  Anagnostou, Marios N ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a   Vivekanandan, Jothiram ^b   Ogden, Fred L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Drop size distribution (DSD); Dual polarization; Gamma distribution; Range effects

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD); DUAL POLARIZATION; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EFFECTS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 35348926366     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2007.903061     Document Type: Article

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