Drop deformation estimate with multi-polarization radar
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 June 2020
Abstract
This paper considers the ability of polarization measurements for microwave remote sensing of clouds and precipitation. The simulation of reflections from liquid hydrometeors with a multi-polarization radar system is presented. The mathematical expression of energy received by a radar antenna with arbitrary polarization is obtained. The simulation of the energy redistribution of the signal reflected from liquid hydrometeors assembled over the antennas of multi-polarimetric radar for different wind conditions and different drop-size distributions is obtained and analyzed. The simulation results demonstrate the possibility to register wind and wind-related phenomena by polarimetric radar. The results of the paper can also be used to exclude an impact of drop vibration or oscillation into the radar signal to eliminate errors and underestimation during parameter measurements. The approach to segregate the reflected signal magnitude variations due to the wind-related phenomena from other factors is discussed.
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- Information
- International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 12 , Special Issue 9: EuMCE 2019 Special Issue (Part I) , November 2020 , pp. 870 - 877
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2020
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