Polarimetric emission of rain events: Simulation and experimental results at X-band

Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-121

  Duffo, Nuria ^a,b   Vall llossera, Mercedes ^a,b   Camps, Adriano ^a,b   Corbella, Ignasi ^a,b   Torres, Francesc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drops; Emission; Polarimetric radiometry; Rain; Scattering; Stokes parameters

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; BISTATIC SCATTERING; CANTING ANGLE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MIE SCATTERING; NATURAL SURFACE; NON-SPHERICAL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHYSICAL RETRIEVALS; POLARIMETRIC RADIOMETER; POLARIMETRIC RADIOMETRY; RADIANCE SIMULATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; RAIN CELLS; RAIN EVENTS; RAINDROP SIZES; RAYLEIGH; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SEA SURFACES; SIMULATION RESULT; STOKES PARAMETERS; THIRD STOKES; WINDSAT;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DROPS; MODELS; POLARIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; SCATTERING;

POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955116692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs1020107     Document Type: Article

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