Absolute calibration of radar reflectivity using redundancy of the polarization observations and implied constraints on drop shapes

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-703

  Gourley, Jonathan J ^a,d   Illingworth, Anthony J ^b   Tabary, Pierre ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DROPS; POLARIMETERS; REFLECTION;

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; POLARIMETRIC CAPABILITIES; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; POLARIZATION OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL PHASE;

RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE;

EID: 70349191681     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1152.1     Document Type: Article

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