Title :
Polarisation of e.m. waves scattered by water drops
Author :
Dunlop, A.J. ; Stachera, H.S.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A microwave experiment has been designed to investigate the polarisation of e.m. waves scattered by freely falling water drops. It is observed that a drop which is breaking up produces a large crosspolarised component of the backscattered wave.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave measurement; polarisation; X-band; e.m. waves; microwave measurement; polarisation; scattering; water drops scattering;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19710059