The Study of the Rain Structure from Airborne Doppler Radar Data Obtained during the TOGA/COARE Experiment
用机载雷达资料反演雨空间结构

The airborne radars can easily follow the observed phenomena and allow to scan meteorological systems in places where ground_based radars are not easy to operate and they are progressively used in meteorological studies. Due to the requirements of the applications. airborne radars use an X_band or Ku band frequency. However, the electromagnetic wave on the frequency is attenuated through rain, thus algorithms should be studied to correct for the attenuation effect. For the single beam_single frequency rain radar, kZ and kZS algorithms demonstrate a promising interest for application. This paper applies kZ and kZS algorithms to the airborne data gathered in January and February 1993 during the TOGA/COARE experiments and studies the rain structure.