Rainfall retrieval from polarimetric X-band radar measurements
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چکیده
Dual polarization radars have shown considerable improvement of quantitative estimation of rainfall rate and raindrop size distribution (DSD) parameters. Most studies have been done with S and C-band radars and only a few studies with higher X-band weather radars. X-band radars have the advantages of lower cost and higher differential phase shift but with higher attenuation too. Furthermore, there is still potential for further improvement of the accuracy of the rain parameters obtained from polarimetric estimators. This work presents development and validation of polarimetric estimators of rainfall at X-band using a normalization method.
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