Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
The paper describes algorithms for rain-rate profiling with an airborne or space-borne radar. Some problems involved in the radar measurements from an airborne or space-borne platform are discussed. An outline of a dual-frequency algorithm is described and its performance is confirmed by a computer simulation and an airborne experiment. A single-frequency algorithm is developed by introducing a path-integrated rain rate estimated from an attenuation of surface echoes or from microwave brightness temperature. The computer simulation shows good performance for an airborne or space-borne radar.
Keywords:
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND SOFTWARE
Type:
Communications Research Laboratory, Review (ISSN 0914-9279); 36; 11, J; 113-123
Format:
text
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