Bistatic radar reflectivities of Pruppacher‐and‐Pitter form raindrops at 34.8 GHz
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Radio Science
- Vol. 17 (1) , 269-278
- https://doi.org/10.1029/rs017i001p00269
Abstract
This paper presents the bistatic radar reflectivities of raindrops with a real, nonspherical drop shape given by Pruppacher and Fitter. Calculations are carried out at 34.8 GHz. Comparison is made between the bistatic radar reflectivities of deformed raindrops and those of spherical raindrops. It is found that the difference between reflectivities is pronounced when the bistatic radar reflectivities are small.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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