Synthetic signatures of volcanic ash cloud particles from X-band dual-polarization radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-211

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a,b   Picciotti, Errico ^b,c   Vulpiani, Gianfranco ^d   Montopoli, Mario ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c HIMET   (Italy)

^d DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash clouds; backscattering modeling; meteorological radar; microwave systems; volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

ASH CLOUDS; ASH PARTICLES; ASH PLUMES; DETECTABLE SIGNAL; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; LOW-POWER TRANSMITTERS; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY; OPTIMAL CHOICE; ORIENTATION PHENOMENA; POLARIMETRIC CAPABILITIES; PORTABLE SYSTEM; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; SYNTHETIC SIGNATURES; SYSTEM SPECIFICATION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; X BAND SYSTEMS; X-BAND DUAL-POLARIZATION RADARS; X-BAND RADAR SYSTEMS;

BACKSCATTERING; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICATES; SPECIFICATIONS; VOLCANOES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SILICATE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84855420621     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2159225     Document Type: Article

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