The Precipitation Rate Retrieval Algorithms for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar

• Published in: Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II p. 2021-011
• Main Authors: SETO, Shinta, IGUCHI, Toshio, MENEGHINI, Robert, AWAKA, Jun, KUBOTA, Takuji, MASAKI, Takeshi, TAKAHASHI, Nobuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Meteorological Society of Japan 2021
• Subjects: drop size distribution; non-uniform beam filling correction; precipitation radar; scattering table; surface reference technique

In this paper, precipitation rate retrieval algorithms for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission's Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) are developed. The DPR consists of a Ku-band radar (KuPR; 13.6 GHz) and a Ka-band radar (KaPR; 35.5 GHz). For the KuPR, an algorithm similar to the...