Multiple-scattering in radar systems: A review

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 917-947

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a,b   Tanelli, Simone ^c   Kobayashi, Satoru ^d   Zrnic, Dusan ^e   Hogan, Robin J ^f   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple scattering; Radar equation; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA BEAMS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLOUDSAT; DATA ANALYSIS METHODS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; DIFFUSE RADIATION; EARTH'S CLIMATE; EARTHCARE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HIGHER-ORDER SCATTERING; ICE CLOUDS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MEAN-FREE PATH; MILLIMETER RADAR; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; MIRROR IMAGES; MULTIPLE SCATTERING EFFECT; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; RADAR EQUATION; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIATION TRANSPORT MODELING; RECEIVED POWER; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SCATTERING MEDIA; SINGLE SCATTERING; SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING; SPACE-BORNE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER CYCLE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); MULTIPLE SCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIGNAL DETECTION;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

CLOUDSAT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIDAR; RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 75749083755     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.11.024     Document Type: Review

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