• DocumentCode
    2121512
  • Title

    Relationships between rainfall rate, attenuation, and reflectivity at 14 and 35 GHz frequencies

  • Author

    Daisley, S.E.A. ; Aydin, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Penn State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    2009
  • Abstract
    The specific attenuation and reflectivity factors are simulated at 14, and 35 GHz frequencies from disdrometer measured raindrop spectra. Scatter plots showing their relationships with the simulated rainfall rates are presented. Power fits to these relationships are also presented for drop size distributions measured at three different geographical locations around the world.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric techniques; backscatter; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; radar theory; rain; remote sensing by radar; 14 GHz; 35 GHz; EHF; SHF; atmosphere; drop size distribution; dual frequency method; meteorology; microwave attenuation; microwave reflectivity; model; rain; rainfall rate; scatter plot; simulation; Attenuation measurement; Electric variables measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Meteorological radar; Polarization; Power measurement; Radar scattering; Reflectivity; Size measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026429
  • Filename
    1026429