Optimum
polarizations for radar meteorology
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Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
This paper appears in: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,
1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis
and Interpretation., International
On page(s): 22 - 24 vol.1
8-12 Aug. 1994
Pasadena, CA, USA
1994
Volume: 1
ISBN: 0-7803-1497-2
IEEE Catalog Number: 94CH3378-7
Number of Pages: 4 vol. lxviii+2543
References Cited: 10
INSPEC Accession Number: 4955791
Abstract:
Specular null polarization theory has recently been introduced for the case
of coherent scattering where a 2/spl times/2 scattering is sufficient to describe
the scattering process (Hubbert, 1994). In this paper specular null polarization
theory is extended to the case of incoherent scattering. Optimum polarization
states are derived and the results are discussed in relation to the established
radar optimum polarization states. Modeling of ensembles of precipitation particles
using the transition (T-) matrix approach is used to illustrate the results of
the analysis.
Index Terms:
meteorological radar
radar polarimetry
radar cross-sections
radar theory
S-matrix theory
radar applications
optimisation
atmosphere
radar meteorology
meteorological radar
remote sensing measurement technique
coherent scattering
polarimetry
theory
S-matrix
T-matrix
radar scattering matrix
optimum polarization
specular null polarization theory
2/spl times/2 scattering
incoherent scattering
ensembles of precipitation particle
transition matrix
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