Cross-polarized radar reflections from wet snow and ice droplets at weather radar wavelengths

The copolar radar reflection cross sections Q/sub HH/ and Q/sub VV/ from a collection of spheroid scatterers in the melting layer formed by ice precipitation prior to becoming rain have been analyzed by the authors in a recent work (IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.38, p.1317-25, Sept. 1990...

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Published inIEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 38; no. 11; pp. 1843 - 1847
Main Authors De Wolf, D.A., Russchenberg, H.W.J., Ligthart, L.P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.11.1990
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Ice
Meteorological radar
Permittivity
Polarization
Radar cross section
Radar scattering
Radiolocalization and radionavigation
Reflection
Shape
Snow
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Vectors
Snow
Cross section
Cross polarization
Radar
Ice
Models
Droplet
Wave reflection
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Summary:The copolar radar reflection cross sections Q/sub HH/ and Q/sub VV/ from a collection of spheroid scatterers in the melting layer formed by ice precipitation prior to becoming rain have been analyzed by the authors in a recent work (IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.38, p.1317-25, Sept. 1990). The model is extended to calculate the cross-polarized cross section Q/sub VH/ due to reception at an electric-field polarization orthogonal to that of transmission. The authors are specifically interested in the cross-polarized differential reflectivity L/sub dr/=10 log/sub 10/(Q/sub VH//Q/sub HH/).< >
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ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/8.102748