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Airborne Doppler radar velocity measurements of precipitation seen in ocean surface reflectionThe use of airborne or spaceborne radars to observe precipitation simultaneously directly and in reflection could provide significant new opportunities for measuring the properties of the precipitation, wind field, and ocean surface. Atlas and Meneghini (1983) have proposed that the difference between direct and reflected precipitation echo intensities observed with a nadir-directed beam is a measure of two-way attenuation and thus of path average rain rate, taking into account an employment of direct and reflected echoes from very near the ocean surface to normalize for ocean surface scatter. In the present paper, some key meteorological and oceanographic research applications are illustrated, giving particular attention to airborne Doppler radar velocity measurements of the precipitation.
Document ID
19850056715
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Atlas, D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt; Maryland, University, College Park, MD, United States)
Matejka, T. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD; National Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Boulde, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
June 20, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 90
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
85A38866
Distribution Limits
Public
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