Abstract
Remote measurement of hail parameters remains a challenging problem in radar meteorology due to the complex shape, composition, and falling behavior of melting hailstones. Dual-polarization radars have been successfully used in improving rainfall parameter estimation and in mapping hail regions within storms. Polarimetric radars are also expected to be useful in estimating hail parameters such as size distribution, hail-fall rate, median size, kinetic energy, liquid water content, and so forth. In order to obtain meaningful relationships between polarimetric radar observables and hail parameters it is essential to utilize a melting model for hailstones. Preliminary results from a computational study based on such a model are presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 1908-1909 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 1989 |
| Event | IGARSS'89 - Twelfth Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing Part 3 (of 5) - Vancouver, BC, Can Duration: Jul 10 1989 → Jul 14 1989 |
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| Other | IGARSS'89 - Twelfth Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing Part 3 (of 5) |
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| City | Vancouver, BC, Can |
| Period | 7/10/89 → 7/14/89 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Science Applications
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences