Rainfall is a key observable of the weather, of importance to society. Rain gauges only provide point measurements; for areal rainfall information a radar may be used. Radars measuring just reflectivity (Z) may suffer large errors in derived rainrates due to drop size distribution (DSD) variations. The introduction of dual-polarisation radars to operational networks should lead to improvements in rainfall estimation, although these radars suffer high noise levels in polarisation parameters (~ 0.7 dB in differential reflectivity [ZDR]).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:493986 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Thompson, Robert John |
| Publisher | University of Reading |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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