Extraction of rain parameters from ground-clutter echoes

• Published in: Ninth International Conference on Antennas and Propagation (ICAP)
• Main Authors: de Wolf, D.A, Ligthart, L.P
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London IEE 1995
• Subjects: Radar theory; Radiowave propagation; attenuation; rain backscatter; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; total received signal; electromagnetic wave absorption; clutter target; rain parameters; accuracy; Doppler effect; cumulative attenuation; radar polarimetry; target range cell; phase change; radar clutter; parameter estimation; volume backscatter; Doppler capabilities; rain; ground-clutter echoes; radar pulses; backscatter; polarimetry-sensitive radar; rainfall rate; incoherent volume backscatter; raindrops

The subject of this study to determine the extent to which the rainfall rate ur (in mm/hr) can be determined by a polarimetry-sensitive radar from pre-determined ground-clutter echoes. Such echoes are modified by intervening rain as follows: they are decreased by cumulative attenuation during passag...