Spaceborne weather radarThe present work on the development status of spaceborne weather radar systems and services discusses radar instrument complementarities, the current forms of equations for the characterization of such aspects of weather radar performance as surface and mirror-image returns, polarimetry, and Doppler considerations, and such essential factors in spaceborne weather radar design as frequency selection, scanning modes, and the application of SAR to rain detection. Attention is then given to radar signal absorption by the various atmospheric gases, rain drop size distribution and wind velocity determinations, and the characteristics of clouds, as well as the range of available estimation methods for backscattering, single- and dual-wavelength attenuation, and polarimetric and climatological characteristics.
Document ID
19910039489
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Book
Authors
Meneghini, Robert (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kozu, Toshiaki (Communications Research Laboratory Koganei, Japan)