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Precipitation and lightning measurements by polarization diversity radar
Content Provider | HathiTrust Digital Library |
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Author | Metcalf, James I |
Editor | James I. Metcalf |
Organization | U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. Atmospheric Sciences Division. |
Description | Observations of severe convective storms in June 1987 by an 11-cm polarization diversity Doppler radar are described. Specific features include heavy rain, large hail, melting ice particles, lightning, and signal propagation effects. Of particular interest are the first measurements of the polarization differential reflectivity of lightning channels, which reveal the predominant orientations of the channels. Successive radar pulses were transmitted with alternating horizontal and vertical polarization by means of a high-power microwave switch to permit derivation of the differential reflectivity with a small standard error of estimate |
Volume Number | 1011 |
Volume Number | 88-0215 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1988 |
Publisher Date | 1988-01-01 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | Items in this record are available as Public Domain, Google-digitized. View the access and use profile at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google. Please see individual items for rights and use statements |
Subject Keyword | Radar meteorology Precipitation (Meteorology) Electromagnetic waves |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Book |