Remote Sensing of Hail with a Dual Linear Polarization Radar

K. Aydin Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

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T. A. Seliga Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

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V. Balaji Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307 and Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210

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Abstract

A technique for the remote sensing of hail with an S-band dual linear polarization radar is described. The method employs a new hail signal HDR, which is derived from disdrometer measurements of raindrop size distributions. Experimental measurements, made in Colorado with the National Center for Atmospheric Research's (NCAR) CP-2 radar system, are used to demonstrate the technique in two major hailstorms.

Abstract

A technique for the remote sensing of hail with an S-band dual linear polarization radar is described. The method employs a new hail signal HDR, which is derived from disdrometer measurements of raindrop size distributions. Experimental measurements, made in Colorado with the National Center for Atmospheric Research's (NCAR) CP-2 radar system, are used to demonstrate the technique in two major hailstorms.

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