Phased Array Radar Polarimetry for Weather Sensing: Challenges and Opportunities

Author

Zhang, Guifu ; Doviak, Richard ; Zrnic, Dusan ; Crain, Jerry

Author_Institution

Sch. of Meteorol., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Volume

5

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

It is becoming widely accepted that radar polarimetry provides accurate and informative weather measurements, while phased array technology can shorten data updating time. In this paper, a theory of phased array radar polarimetry is developed, and the relationship between the wave field at the radar antenna coordinate and that at the hydrometeors is established, along with the correction matrix to the scattering matrix. The challenges and opportunities for the weather sensing are discussed.

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; meteorological radar; phased array radar; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; data updating time; hydrometeors; phased array radar polarimetry; radar antenna coordinate; scattering matrix; weather sensing; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Phase measurement; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Radar theory; Time measurement; Phased array; challenges and potentials; radar polarimetry; weather sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780125

Filename

4780125