AN ALGORITHM TO CORRECT WEATHER RADAR DATA FOR ATTENUATION

Authors
TESTUD J OURY S
Citation
J. Testud et S. Oury, AN ALGORITHM TO CORRECT WEATHER RADAR DATA FOR ATTENUATION, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 324(9), 1997, pp. 705-710
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
324
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
705 - 710
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1997)324:9<705:AATCWR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Nowadays meteorological research radars are turning to airborne system s. The dual beam Doppler airborne technique is particularly attractive . However, to limit the size of antennas, we have to use higher radar frequencies, and we are faced with the problem of attenuation when pas sing through intense precipitation. How can the measured reflectivity be corrected for attenuation? This paper proposes a new algorithm, rem arkably simple and stable, which takes advantage of the two viewing an gles of a dual-beam radar.