Precipitation characterization using simultaneous Ku- and Ka-band differential Doppler velocity measurements

Author

Beauchamp, Robert M. ; Chandrasekar, V.

Author_Institution

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

4115

Lastpage

4118

Abstract

Radar observed differential Doppler velocity can be a proxy for the dual-frequency ratio for vertical pointing observations. Vertical pointing dual-frequency data was collected with the NASA D3R and the relationship between Ku- and Ka-band velocity measurements is discussed. It is shown that the differential Doppler velocity between frequencies provides insight into the microphysical properties of rain. The differential Doppler velocity can be used to estimate the median volume diameter, D₀.

Keywords

Doppler radar; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; Ka-band differential Doppler velocity measurements; Ku-band differential Doppler velocity measurements; NASA D3R; dual-frequency ratio; median volume diameter; microphysical properties; precipitation characterization; rain; vertical pointing dual-frequency data; vertical pointing observations; Doppler effect; Doppler radar; Mathematical model; Rain; Scattering; Velocity measurement; D3R; DSD retrieval; differential Doppler velocity; dual-frequency; radar;

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.2014.6947392

Filename

6947392