A cross frequency performance comparison of dual polarization attenuation correction algorithms at X and S band

Author

Hardin, Joseph C. ; Chandrasekar, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

6899

Lastpage

6902

Abstract

The Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) was conducted in northern Oklahoma during the summer of 2011. This experiment provided a unique opportunity wherein a network of X-band radars was deployed within the range of dual polarized C-band and S-band radars. While the X-band network concept is popular, as can be seen by the success of the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) project, careful microphysical observations comparing X-band and non-attenuated S-band are rare. This paper shows preliminary results of X-band network retrievals of microphysical compared with S-band.

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; clouds; remote sensing by radar; AD 2011; CASA project; Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere; Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment; X-band radar network; cross frequency performance; dual polarization attenuation correction algorithms; dual polarized C-band radar; dual polarized S-band radar; northern Oklahoma; Attenuation; Calibration; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Attenuation Correction; Geoscience and Remote Sensing; Polarimetric Weather Radar; Radar Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352577

Filename

6352577