Publication Date:
2011-08-16
Description:
The accuracy of using the Rayleigh approximation for the description of polydisperse diameters of backscattering water and ice spheres is examined. Calculations are carried out on the ratio of scattering diameters according to the Mie and Rayleigh formulas for the spectra of rain and dry and moist hailstones. The limits of applicability of the Rayleigh approximation for various wavelengths are shown.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Radar Meteorology (NASA-TT-F-14797); p 20-27
Format:
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