Backscattering by Nonspherical Hydrometeors as Calculated by the Coupled-Dipole Method: An Application in Radar Meteorology
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- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
- Vol. 10 (4) , 526-532
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1993)010<0526:bbnhac>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The severest test of a theory of scattering by particles is how well it calculates scattering in the backward direction. The coupled-dipole method can be used for accurately calculating backscattering at 94 GHz by hexagonal ice crystals. Backscattering by columns is markedly different from that by plates, which indicates that it might be possible to infer size and shape distributions of ice crystals using recently developed millimeter wave radar.Keywords
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