Abstract: The VHF Doppler radar has become a powerful tool for probing structures and motions of the clear air. In this paper, we discuss the capability of VHF radar as a tool for cloud and precipitation studies. Large fluctuations ...

Abstract: In precipitation environments, sensitive VHF Doppler radars have a capability to detect echoes from both refractive index irregularities and precipitation particles. The purpose of this paper is to propose a direct method ...

Abstract: Raindrop size distribution and vertical air velocity are directly derived from VHF Doppler radar spectra in precipitation environments. As was first proposed by Wakasugi et al., we use a least-squares fitting parametric ...