THE METEOROLOGICAL RADAR EQUATION FOR THE COHERENT SCATTERING OF RADAR WAVES BY CLOUD DROPLETS AND RAINDROPS.

Abstract

A general meteorological radar equation is derived from studies on the coherent scattering of radar waves by cloud droplets and raindrops. The conventional meteorological radar equation is a special form of this new derivation by neglecting the effect of coherent scattering. From a discussion of several aspects of the new equation, it is noted that the commonly observed discrepancy between computed results from the conventional equation and experimental evidence may be due to the negligence of the effect of coherent scattering. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0660539

Entities

People

  • Lee Chi-chen

Organizations

  • Emmanuel College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coherent Scattering
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Radar
  • Raindrops
  • Republic
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics