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Bistatic radar reflectivities of Pruppacher‐and‐Pitter form raindrops at 34.8 GHz
Author(s) -
Awaka Jun,
Oguchi Tomohiro
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs017i001p00269
Subject(s) - bistatic radar , radar , optics , remote sensing , physics , geology , radar imaging , computer science , telecommunications
This paper presents the bistatic radar reflectivities of raindrops with a real, nonspherical drop shape given by Pruppacher and Fitter. Calculations are carried out at 34.8 GHz. Comparison is made between the bistatic radar reflectivities of deformed raindrops and those of spherical raindrops. It is found that the difference between reflectivities is pronounced when the bistatic radar reflectivities are small.