Abstract
A relationship linking rainfall rate with powers of radar reflectivity and specific attenuation is considered. It is shown that at frequencies used for the spaceborne monitoring of rain, such a relationship exists that is relatively insensitive to dropsize distribution (dsd) and temperature over a wide range of rainrates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1447-1450 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
Funding
Manuscript received April 21, 1998; revised June 24, 1998. This work was supported by the European Space Agency (ESTEC) under Contract 10146/92/NL/PB. R. J. Watson and A. R. Holt are with the Mathematics Department, University of Essex, CO4 3SQ Colchester, U.K. (e-mail: [email protected]). V. Marécal and J. Testud are with CETP, IUT Velizy, 78140 Velizy, France. Publisher Item Identifier S 0196-2892(99)03467-1.
Keywords
- Radar
- Rainfall
- Spaceborne sensing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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