Ma Zhenhua, Liu Guosheng, Liu Wei. 1985: PRINCIPAL STUDY OF THE FM RADAR FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY IN QUANTITATIVE RAINFALL RATE MEASUREMENT. Adv. Atmos. Sci, 2(3): 341-346., https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677250
Citation: Ma Zhenhua, Liu Guosheng, Liu Wei. 1985: PRINCIPAL STUDY OF THE FM RADAR FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY IN QUANTITATIVE RAINFALL RATE MEASUREMENT. Adv. Atmos. Sci, 2(3): 341-346., https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677250

PRINCIPAL STUDY OF THE FM RADAR FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY IN QUANTITATIVE RAINFALL RATE MEASUREMENT

  • The equations for estimating the rain echo power when FM-pulsed radar or FM-CW radar is used are derived. The results show that, with adequate frequency range selected, rain echo power may have a well-linear correlation with the rainfall rate, irrespective of the pattern of drop-size spectrum. Thus, it provides good remote sensing data for rainfall rate measurement.
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