| contributor author | Atlas, David | |
| contributor author | Rosenfeld, Daniel | |
| contributor author | Wolff, David B. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:04:16Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:04:16Z | |
| date copyright | 1993/02/01 | |
| date issued | 1993 | |
| identifier issn | 0894-8763 | |
| identifier other | ams-11875.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147151 | |
| description abstract | The probability matching method (PMM) is used as a basis for estimating attenuation in tropical rains near Darwin, Australia. PMM provides a climatological relationship between measured radar reflectivity and rain rate, which includes the effects of rain and cloud attenuation. When the radar sample is representative, PMM estimates the rainfall without bias. When the data are stratified for greater than average rates, the method no longer compensates for the higher attenuation and the radar rainfall estimates are biased low. The uncompensated attenuation is used to estimate the climatological attenuation coefficient. The method is applicable to any wavelength. The two-way attenuation coefficient was found to be 0.0085 dB km?1 (mm h?1)?1.08 for the tropical rains and associated clouds in Darwin for the first 2 months of the year for horizontally polarized radiation at 5.63 GHz. This unusually large value is discussed. The risks of making real-time corrections for attenuation are also treated. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | C-Band Attenuation by Tropical Rainfall in Darwin, Australia, Using Climatologically Tuned Ze-R Relations | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 32 | |
| journal issue | 2 | |
| journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1993)032<0426:CBABTR>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 426 | |
| journal lastpage | 430 | |
| tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1993:;volume( 032 ):;issue: 002 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |