Adaptive attenuation correction techniques for C-band polarimetric weather radars

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5061-5071

  Rico Ramirez, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; C band; dual polarized; polarimetric radar; radar; rainfall

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PHASE MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION;

ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; C-BAND; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE MEASUREMENTS; DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; DUAL-POLARIZED; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RADAR FREQUENCIES; RAIN GAUGES; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ROBUST PROCEDURES; SINGLE PARAMETER;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL; WEATHER;

EID: 84870449298     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2195228     Document Type: Article

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