Title :
Estimation of the atmospheric refractivity using a C-Band polarimetric weather radar
Author :
Nocelo Lopez, RubeÌn ; Santalla del Rio, V. ; Pettazzi, Alberto
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Teor. do Sinal e Comunicacions, Univ. of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to estimate the atmospheric refractivity and to analyse its statistical properties. Refractivity estimates are obtained from phase measurements of the radar response to stationary targets. The required data are obtained with the C-Band polarimetric weather Radar of Meteogalicia.
Keywords :
meteorological radar; phase measurement; radar polarimetry; radiowave propagation; refractive index; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; C-Band polarimetric weather Radar; Meteogalicia; atmospheric refractivity estimates; phase measurements; radar response; stationary targets; statistical properties; Atmospheric measurements; Indexes; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Phase measurement; Refractive index; atmospheric refractivity; phase data; polarimetric weather radar;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901748
