DocumentCode
1929084
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
fYear
2008
fDate
26-30 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location
Rome
ISSN
1097-5659
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN
1097-5659
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4720821
Filename
4720821
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