BACKSCATTERING BY NONSPHERICAL HYDROMETEORS AS CALCULATED BY THE COUPLED-DIPOLE METHOD - AN APPLICATION IN RADAR METEOROLOGY

Authors
DUNGEY CE BOHREN CF
Citation
Ce. Dungey et Cf. Bohren, BACKSCATTERING BY NONSPHERICAL HYDROMETEORS AS CALCULATED BY THE COUPLED-DIPOLE METHOD - AN APPLICATION IN RADAR METEOROLOGY, Journal of atmospheric and oceanic technology, 10(4), 1993, pp. 526-532
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Oceanografhy,"Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Journal of atmospheric and oceanic technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07390572
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
526 - 532
Database
ISI
SICI code
0739-0572(1993)10:4<526:BBNHAC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The severest test of a theory of scattering by particles is,how well i t 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 diff erent from that by plates, which indicates that it might be possible t o infer size and shape distributions of ice crystals using recently de veloped millimeter wave radar.