Experimentally based estimates of relations between X-band radar signal attenuation characteristics and differential phase in rain

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2442-2450

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a,b   Kennedy, Patrick C ^c   Cifelli, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Radars Radar observations; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DROPS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; RAIN;

ATTENUATING FREQUENCIES; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911498574     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00231.1     Document Type: Article

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