• DocumentCode
    2091614
  • Title

    Polarimetric radar rainfall algorithms at S and X bands

  • Author

    Gorgucci, Eugenio ; Chandrasekar, V. ; Bringi, V.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Ist. di Sci. dell´´Atmosfera e del Clima, Rome, Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    275
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a comparison of S- and X-band algorithms for rainfall estimate. This topic is fairly extensive and only limited results are presented for brevity. The results demonstrate that R(Kdp) at X-band can be useful at much lower rainrates compared to S-band.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric techniques; radar polarimetry; radar theory; rain; remote sensing by radar; S-band; SHF; X-band; algorithm; atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; polarization; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; rain; rainfall; Algorithm design and analysis; Attenuation; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Phase estimation; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Reflectivity; Shape; State estimation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025011
  • Filename
    1025011
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2091614