Improved Retrieval of Reflectivity Factor for Airborne Weather Radar

Abstract:

For the airborne weather radar signal processing, the intensity of the meteorological targets is represented by the physical quantity called reflectivity factor. When observing the middle-or long-range meteorological targets at low altitude from a high-altitude radar platform, due to the incomplete beam filling, the retrieval result of the reflectivity factor is much less than the actual value. In this paper, we firstly introduce a beam filling coefficient into the weather radar equation and then present its estimation method based on the real-time radar operating parameters. The validity of the proposed method is then verified by processing the raw-data of the simulated meteorological targets.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1073-1076)
• Pages: 611-614
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1073-1076.611
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Tian Shun Xiang, Yong Li*, Di Wu, Li He
• Keywords: Airborne Weather Radar, Beam Filling Coefficient, Parameter Estimation, Reflectivity Factor

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