Weather Radar Polarimetry

Guifu Zhang is Professor of Meteorology at University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology.

Introduction



Historical development



Objectives and organization of the book



Characterization of Hydrometeors



Physical and statistical properties



Electromagnetic properties



Wave Scattering by a Single Particle



Wave and electromagnetic wave



Scattering fundamentals



Rayleigh scattering



Mie scattering theory



Scattering calculations by a non-spherical particle



Scattering for arbitrary orientations



Scattering and Propagation in Cloud and Precipitation



Scattering models



Single scattering model



Coherent wave propagation



Propagation-included scattering



Radar Measurements and Improvement of Data Quality



Polarimetric weather radar system and equation



Regular estimation of polarimetric radar variables



Multi-lag correlation estimators



Clutter detection



Clutter mitigation



Applications in Weather Observation and Quantification



Observation of polarimetric radar signatures



Hydrometeor classification



Quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE)



Drop size distribution retrieval



Attenuation correction



Advanced Methods and Optimal Retrievals



Simultaneous attenuation correction and DSD retrieval



Statistical retrieval of rain DSDs



Variational retrieval



Optimal retrieval through data assimilation (DA)



Phased Array Radar Polarimetry



Background and challenges



Formulation for planar polarimetric phased array radar



Cylindrical polarimetric phased array radar