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Correlation Coefficients between Horizontally and Vertically Polarized Returns from Ground Clutter

Dusan S. ZrnićNational Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma

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Valery M. MelnikovCooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma

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Alexander V. RyzhkovCooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma

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https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1856.1
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Abstract

Characteristics of the magnitude and phase of correlation coefficients between horizontally and vertically polarized returns from ground clutter echoes are quantified by analyzing histograms obtained with an 11-cm wavelength weather surveillance radar in Norman, Oklahoma. The radar receives simultaneously horizontal and vertical (SHV) electric fields and can transmit either horizontal fields or both vertical and horizontal fields. The differences between correlations obtained in this SHV mode and correlations measured in alternate H, V mode are reviewed; a histogram of differential phase obtained in Florida using alternate H, V mode is also presented. Data indicate that the backscatter differential phase of clutter has a broad histogram that completely overlaps the narrow histogram of precipitation echoes. This is important as it implies that a potent discriminator for separating clutter from meteorological echoes is the texture of the differential phase. Values of the copolar cross-correlation coefficient from clutter overlap completely those from precipitation, and effective discrimination is possible only if averages in range are taken. It is demonstrated that the total differential phase (system and backscatter) depends on the polarimetric measurement technique and the type of scatterers. In special circumstances, such as calibrating or monitoring the radar, clutter signal can be beneficial. Specifically, system differential phase can be estimated from histograms of ground clutter, receiver differential phase can be estimated from precipitation returns, and from these two, the differential phase of transmitted waves is easily computed.

Corresponding author address: Dusan Zrnić, National Severe Storms Laboratory, 1313 Halley Circle, Norman, OK 73069. Email: dusan.zrnic@noaa.gov

Abstract

Characteristics of the magnitude and phase of correlation coefficients between horizontally and vertically polarized returns from ground clutter echoes are quantified by analyzing histograms obtained with an 11-cm wavelength weather surveillance radar in Norman, Oklahoma. The radar receives simultaneously horizontal and vertical (SHV) electric fields and can transmit either horizontal fields or both vertical and horizontal fields. The differences between correlations obtained in this SHV mode and correlations measured in alternate H, V mode are reviewed; a histogram of differential phase obtained in Florida using alternate H, V mode is also presented. Data indicate that the backscatter differential phase of clutter has a broad histogram that completely overlaps the narrow histogram of precipitation echoes. This is important as it implies that a potent discriminator for separating clutter from meteorological echoes is the texture of the differential phase. Values of the copolar cross-correlation coefficient from clutter overlap completely those from precipitation, and effective discrimination is possible only if averages in range are taken. It is demonstrated that the total differential phase (system and backscatter) depends on the polarimetric measurement technique and the type of scatterers. In special circumstances, such as calibrating or monitoring the radar, clutter signal can be beneficial. Specifically, system differential phase can be estimated from histograms of ground clutter, receiver differential phase can be estimated from precipitation returns, and from these two, the differential phase of transmitted waves is easily computed.

Corresponding author address: Dusan Zrnić, National Severe Storms Laboratory, 1313 Halley Circle, Norman, OK 73069. Email: dusan.zrnic@noaa.gov

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