On the possible use of copolar correlation coefficient for improving the drop size distribution estimates at C band

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1873-1880

  Thurai, Merhala ^a   Hudak, D ^b   Bringi, V N ^a  

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

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D VIDEOS; C-BANDS; CO-POLAR REFLECTIVITIES; COPOLAR CORRELATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PROPAGATION PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITIES; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DUAL POLARIZATIONS; RAIN EVENTS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROPS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

LIGHTNING;

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 65549152386     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1077.1     Document Type: Article

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