Estimation of rain rate by microwave radiometry and active radar during CLEOPATRA 92

Author

Smirnov, M.T. ; Evtushenko, A.V. ; Kutuza, B.G. ; Petrenko, B.Z. ; Meischner, P. ; Hagen, Matthias

Author_Institution

Inst. Radioeng. & Electron., Moscow

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1244

Abstract

Microwave radiometers operating at wavelengths 0.3, 0.8, 1.35 and 2.25 cm were used during CLEOPATRA from the ground to estimate rain rates. A model of the microwave emission of the rain layer taking into account polarization effects used for rain parameters retrieval is briefly described. Intercomparisons with simultaneous measurements with the DLR polarimetric Doppler radar POLDIRAD, distrometers and further ground based instrumentation was used for validation of the algorithm for rain rate estimations by microwave radiometry

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; 0.3 cm; 0.8 cm; 1.35 cm; 2.25 cm; CLEOPATRA 92; EHF SHF; algorithm; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; microwave emission; microwave radiometry; millimetric; mm wave; model; polarization; rain rate rainfall; remote sensing; retrieval; Brightness temperature; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Mie scattering; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Polarization; Radar scattering; Radiometers; Rain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322108

Filename

322108