DocumentCode
1021834
Title
Radar Measurement of Precipitation-Related Depolarization in Thunderstorms
Author
Mccormick, G.C. ; Hendry, Archibald
Author_Institution
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. K1A OR8, Canada
Volume
17
Issue
4
fYear
1979
Firstpage
142
Lastpage
150
Abstract
Observations of thunderstorm regions above 4 km have been made by means of a two-channel polarization diversity radar at 16.5 GHz. There is a brief description of the radar equipment. Computer-generated plots of the radar data show regions of depolarization presumably originating in ice-crystal clouds, and abrupt changes in depolarization induced by lightning strokes. There is a discussion of the physical processes causing the various effects.
Keywords
Acoustic propagation; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Doppler radar; Feeds; Large Hadron Collider; Optical polarization; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Transmitters; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9413
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TGE.1979.294641
Filename
4071998
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