The McGill University S-Band radar has been upgraded in 1999 to dual-polarization capability. The transmission and reception of horizontally and vertically polarized electromagnetic waves provide new parameters that are sensitive to the hydrometeor shapes and other characteristics in the radar resolution volume. As a result, the retrieval of microphysical properties of weather events can be improved. / In this work, we studied the reliability of the polarization data obtained by the fast scanning radar. Measurements from different precipitation systems are analyzed to study how this new information can be exploited for operational purposes. The work done shows a great potential for particle typing and microphysical retrievals. However, the possible use of orthogonal polarization for measuring precipitation remains ambiguous.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33739 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Cote, Caroline. |
| Contributors | Zawadzki, Isztar (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001874520, proquestno: MQ78856, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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