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This letter evaluates the consistency of rainfall drop size distribution (DSD) parameters that were estimated from attenuation-corrected X-band dual-polarization (XPOL) radar measurements with estimates from a colocated S-band dual-polarization radar (S-Pol). The DSD retrieval technique uses reflectivity and differential reflectivity, and a constrained relationship to estimate the three parameters of a ldquonormalizedrdquo gamma distribution model. The more definitive S-Pol DSD parameter estimates are used as a reference to assess the performance of the corresponding XPOL estimates for different rain-path attenuation values. Results show that XPOL attenuation-corrected profiles can provide rainfall DSD estimations that are consistent to an S-band dual-polarization radar, even in cases of moderate to high rain-path attenuation.
Published in:
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
(Volume:4
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: Oct. 2007
- Page(s):
- 601 - 605
- ISSN :
- 1545-598X
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 9793143
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/LGRS.2007.903061
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
- 15 October 2007
- Issue Date :
- Oct. 2007
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
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