Inferring microstructure and turbulence properties in rain through observations and simulations of signal spectra measured with Doppler–polarimetric radars
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2011
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Abstract
Doppler radars are able to measure important parameters of the target
velocity. In contrast, polarimetric radars are very sensitive to features of the target
shape and orientation relative to the radar beam direction. This chapter describes a
novel Doppler–polarimetric approach to radar remote sensing. The combination
of the Doppler ability and polarization diversity in the radar technology enables
more comprehensive investigations of objects and phenomena in radar coverage.
The discussion is adapted to the case of atmospheric remote sensing. A special
case of cloud and precipitation observations is considered in greater detail. Mathematical
models of signals and spectra of Doppler–polarimetric returns are discussed.
It is demonstrated (theoretically, by simulation, and by real data processing)
that important parameters of dynamic characteristics and microstructure of
meteorological objects can be retrieved from Doppler–polarimetric observations.
These results lead to new interesting and important applications like turbulence intensity
measurement, drop size distribution estimation, recognition of type of scatterers,
detection of hail zones, etc.
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F. J. Yanovsky, Inferring microstructure and turbulence properties in rain through observations and simulations of signal spectra measured with Doppler–polarimetric radars (pp. 501-542). Book Chapter in: Polarimetric Detection, Characterization, and Remote Sensing, Springer, 2011.
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microwave scattering
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F. J. Yanovsky, Inferring microstructure and turbulence properties in rain through observations and simulations of signal spectra measured with Doppler–polarimetric radars (pp. 501-542). Book Chapter in: Polarimetric Detection, Characterization, and Remote Sensing, Springer, 2011.