• DocumentCode
    3427787
  • Title

    The potential of microwave links for providing information concerning the amount and type of precipitation

  • Author

    Upton, Graham J G ; Cummings, Rob J. ; Holt, Anthony R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math. Sci., Essex Univ., Colchester
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    March 31 2008-April 4 2008
  • Firstpage
    5153
  • Lastpage
    5156
  • Abstract
    In this paper we summarize the findings of three research contracts undertaken in the period 1999-2008. We show that microwave links can provide accurate estimates of path-averaged rainfall and that they can be used for the remote detection of snow and melting snow. They are also shown to be effective in online adjustment of weather radars.
  • Keywords
    microwave links; rain; weather forecasting; microwave links; path-averaged rainfall; precipitation; snow remote detection; weather radars; Attenuation; Contracts; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Meteorological radar; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Rain; Snow; Attenuation; Phase measurement; Radar measurements; Rain; Snow;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2008. ICASSP 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • ISSN
    1520-6149
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1483-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1520-6149
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICASSP.2008.4518819
  • Filename
    4518819