Hail detection with a differential reflectivity radar

V. N. Bringi; Thomas A. Seliga; Kultegin Aydin

doi:10.1126/science.225.4667.1145

Hail detection with a differential reflectivity radar

V. N. Bringi, Thomas A. Seliga, Kultegin Aydin

Electrical Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

57 Scopus citations

Abstract

A major objective in the remote sensing of convective storms by radar is the clear and reliable differentiation between regions of hail and regions of rainfall. This report describes the application of the differential reflectivity (Z_DR) radar technique to the problem of hail detection. The procedure is based on the markedly different polarization-dependent backscatter characteristics of rain and hail. Field experiments conducted in Colorado during the spring of 1983 provide significant evidence of hail detection with this new radar technique.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1145-1147
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	225
Issue number	4667
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.225.4667.1145
State	Published - 1984

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General

Access to Document

10.1126/science.225.4667.1145

Cite this

@article{e95f445660d849c5845513addd0cedbf,

title = "Hail detection with a differential reflectivity radar",

abstract = "A major objective in the remote sensing of convective storms by radar is the clear and reliable differentiation between regions of hail and regions of rainfall. This report describes the application of the differential reflectivity (ZDR) radar technique to the problem of hail detection. The procedure is based on the markedly different polarization-dependent backscatter characteristics of rain and hail. Field experiments conducted in Colorado during the spring of 1983 provide significant evidence of hail detection with this new radar technique.",

author = "Bringi, {V. N.} and Seliga, {Thomas A.} and Kultegin Aydin",

year = "1984",

doi = "10.1126/science.225.4667.1145",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "225",

pages = "1145--1147",

journal = "Science",

issn = "0036-8075",

publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",

number = "4667",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Hail detection with a differential reflectivity radar

AU - Bringi, V. N.

AU - Seliga, Thomas A.

AU - Aydin, Kultegin

PY - 1984

Y1 - 1984

N2 - A major objective in the remote sensing of convective storms by radar is the clear and reliable differentiation between regions of hail and regions of rainfall. This report describes the application of the differential reflectivity (ZDR) radar technique to the problem of hail detection. The procedure is based on the markedly different polarization-dependent backscatter characteristics of rain and hail. Field experiments conducted in Colorado during the spring of 1983 provide significant evidence of hail detection with this new radar technique.

AB - A major objective in the remote sensing of convective storms by radar is the clear and reliable differentiation between regions of hail and regions of rainfall. This report describes the application of the differential reflectivity (ZDR) radar technique to the problem of hail detection. The procedure is based on the markedly different polarization-dependent backscatter characteristics of rain and hail. Field experiments conducted in Colorado during the spring of 1983 provide significant evidence of hail detection with this new radar technique.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0021578839&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0021578839&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1126/science.225.4667.1145

DO - 10.1126/science.225.4667.1145

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0021578839

SN - 0036-8075

VL - 225

SP - 1145

EP - 1147

JO - Science

JF - Science

IS - 4667

ER -

Hail detection with a differential reflectivity radar

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this