Rain backscatter measurements at millimeter wavelengths

Author

Richard, Victor W. ; Kammerer, John E. ; Wallace, H. Bruce

Author_Institution

US Army Ballistic Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA

Volume

26

Issue

3

fYear

1988

fDate

5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

244

Lastpage

252

Abstract

The US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) conducted an experiment in 1973 to measure the properties of radar backscatter from rain at millimeter wavelengths. Rain backscatter and attenuation were measured with pulse radars operating simultaneously at 9.375, 35, 70, and 95 GHz over a wide range of rain intensities while continuous measurements of raindrop size and rainfall rate were made. This report describes the measurement technique, details of the instrumentation, the data analysis procedure, and the rain backscatter data obtained from A-scope photographs and video tapes

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; radar applications; radiowave propagation; rain; remote sensing; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 35 GHz; 70 GHz; 9.3 to 95 GHz; 9.375 GHz; 95 GHz; AD 1973; EHF; SHF; atmosphere; attenuation; measurement technique; microwave reflection; mm wave; radar backscatter; radiowave; rain; raindrop size; rainfall rate; troposphere; Attenuation measurement; Backscatter; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Pulse measurements; Radar measurements; Rain; Size measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.3027

Filename

3027