A microwave backscattering model for hail-rain mixture precipitation

Author

Ermis, Seda ; Tjuatja, Saibun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

313

Lastpage

316

Abstract

A rain column model is used analyze back scattering from precipitation in the presence of hail. Backscattering from the entire precipitation column comprising hail and rain that accounts for multiple-scattering and boundary interactions are determined by solving the vector radiative transfer (VRT) equations. Precipitation column is partitioned into sublayers and Mie scattering calculation is used to determine phase matrix for differential layers consist of hail stones and rain drops. The raindrops and hail stones are represented by using spherical shaped scatterers. Microphysical properties of rain and hail such as shape, composition and size distribution are considered in the model. Results from model analyses agree well with published measurement results.

Keywords

Mie scattering; drops; ice; radiative transfer; rain; remote sensing; Mie scattering calculation; boundary interactions; differential layers; hail stones; hail-rain mixture precipitation; microphysical properties; microwave backscattering model; model analyses; multiple-scattering; phase matrix; precipitation column; rain column model; rain drops; size distribution; spherical shaped scatterers; vector radiative transfer equations; Analytical models; Backscatter; Mathematical model; Radar polarimetry; Rain; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946420

Filename

6946420