Radar Measurement of Precipitation-Related Depolarization in Thunderstorms
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics
- Vol. 17 (4) , 142-150
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tge.1979.294641
Abstract
Observations of thunderstorm regions above 4 km have been made by means of a two-channel polarization diversity radar at 16.5 GHz. There is a brief description of the radar equipment. Computer-generated plots of the radar data show regions of depolarization presumably originating in ice-crystal clouds, and abrupt changes in depolarization induced by lightning strokes. There is a discussion of the physical processes causing the various effects.Keywords
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