Title :
Attenuation compensation technique for an X-band polarimetric weather radar
Author :
Galati, Gaspare ; Pavan, Gabriele ; Scarchili, G.
Author_Institution :
Univ. degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
There is an increasing interest for a low cost X-band radar systems to be used for urban rainfall monitoring, for airport weather surveillance or other short range purposes. However at X-band the reflectivity measurements are significantly affected by attenuation due to the precipitation, an attenuation correction is needed and some related techniques are described
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; SHF; X-band; airport weather surveillance; atmosphere; attenuation compensation; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microwave radar; polarimetric weather radar; precipitation; radar polarimetry; radiowave propagation; rain; short range purpose; troposphere; urban rainfall; Airports; Attenuation measurement; Costs; Meteorological radar; Monitoring; Phase estimation; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.606371
