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Rain rate range profiling from a spaceborne radar
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Meneghini, R. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | At certain frequencies and incidence angles the relative invariance of the surface scattering properites over land can be used to estimate the total attenuation and the integrated rain from a spaceborne attenuation-wavelength radar. The technique is generalized so that rain rate profiles along the radar beam can be estimated, i.e., rain rate determination at each range bin. This is done by modifying the standard algorithm for an attenuating-wavelength radar to include in it the measurement of the total attenuation. Simple error analyses of the estimates show that this type of profiling is possible if the total attenuation can be measured with a modest degree of accuracy. |
| File Size | 1094013 |
| Page Count | 28 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19800017492 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7np6w397 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Radiometers Meteorological Radar Rain Radar Beams Error Analysis Algorithms Radar Attenuation Atmospheric Attenuation Brightness Temperature Satellite-borne Radar Reflectance Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
