Potential use of optimal polarisations in sensing the canting angle distribution of raindrops
Abstract
The optimal polarization of rain backscatter is investigated to determine the Gaussian canting angle distribution (CAD) of raindrops. The mean and variance of the CAD can be obtained from the average COPOL MAX and its spread. An algorithm used to obtain the COPOL MAX of the optimal polarizations is outlined.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- February 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19900106
- Bibcode:
- 1990ElL....26..157A
- Keywords:
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- Backscattering;
- Normal Density Functions;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Raindrops;
- Dielectrics;
- Poincare Spheres;
- S Matrix Theory;
- Slopes;
- Communications and Radar