Bistatic radar measurements of ice-cloud reflectivities in the upper troposphere

30 March 1978

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 14 (7) , 219-221
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19780148

Abstract

Results of 15.7 GHz bistatic radar measurements of scattering from ice clouds are presented and the vertical profiles of the reflectivity factor exceeded for small percentages of time inferred. The results have implications for terrestrial and earth-space communications systems sharing frequency bands above 10GHz and for earth-space systems utilising orthogonal polarisations to increase capacity.

Keywords

UPPER TROPOSPHERE
REFLECTIVE FACTOR
BISTATIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS
ICE CLOUDS
SCATTERING

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Variation with height of the statistics of radar reflectivity due to hydrometeors
Electronics Letters, 1978
Radio meteorology
Published by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ,1966