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- Title
Path Attenuation Estimates for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR).
- Authors
MENEGHINI, Robert; Hyokyung KIM; Liang LIAO; KWIATKOWSKI, John; Toshio IGUCHI
- Abstract
Estimation of path attenuation is a critical part of retrieving precipitation parameters using measurements from the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on board the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) satellite. In this paper, we describe the latest implementation of the surface reference technique (SRT) that uses surface scattering properties to infer path attenuation through the precipitation. Both single- and dual-frequency versions of this method are available and although the dual-frequency version appears to be more accurate at moderate rain rates, the single-frequency approach at Ku-band is needed when the Ka-band data are not available. Despite improvements afforded by the dual-frequency version of the method, other methods such as the Hitschfeld-Bordan and standard dual-frequency approaches offer advantages particularly at lighter rain rates and at near-nadir incidence angles over land. Weighted averages of the results from these methods appear to offer the best estimate of path attenuation presently available.
- Subjects
RADAR; SURFACE scattering; SURFACE properties
- Publication
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2021, Vol 99, Issue 1, p181
- ISSN
0026-1165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2151/jmsj.2021-010