Use this URL to cite or link to this record in EThOS: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493986 |
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Title: | Rainfall estimation using polarimetric weather radar | ||||
Author: | Thompson, Robert John |
ISNI:
0000 0001 3531 3881
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Awarding Body: | Reading University | ||||
Current Institution: | University of Reading | ||||
Date of Award: | 2007 | ||||
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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]).
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.493986 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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