Abstract
It is of interest to determine the information that may be obtained from polarimetric radars on cloud ice crystals, which naturally have a large variety of shapes and sizes. Measurements within continental convective clouds showed that 90% of the first ice crystals were double plate crystals. The scattering parameters of the crystal from double plate showed the most dramatic differences at the 94 and 220 GHz as a result of shape and resonance scattering effects. At 220 GHZ, linear depolarization ratio has a peak while differential reflectivity and copolarized correlation coefficient have a minima between elevation angles of 50° and 60°. At 94 GHz, the parameters either increase or decrease monotonically.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 292-293 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology - Austin, TX, USA Duration: Sep 7 1997 → Sep 12 1997 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1997 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology |
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| City | Austin, TX, USA |
| Period | 9/7/97 → 9/12/97 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atmospheric Science
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering