Title :
Fully polarimetric analysis of weather radar signatures
Author :
Galletti, Michele ; Bebbington, David H O ; Chandra, Madhu ; Boerner, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Radar Concepts Dept., German Aerosp. Agency, Wessling
Abstract :
In this work the concept of depolarization response, namely the degree of polarization as a function of transmit polarization state, is investigated. Application examples are shown in the field of radar meteorology, namely for hydrometeor identification with fully polarimetric weather radar signatures. Data are from POLDIRAD, DLR research weather radar.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave polarisation; meteorological radar; radar polarimetry; degree of polarization; depolarization response; hydrometeor identification; polarimetric analysis; radar meteorology; transmit polarization state; weather radar signatures; Covariance matrix; Entropy; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Polarization; Radar applications; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Reflectivity; Switches; Kennaugh matrix; depolarization response; entropy;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4720821
