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An interdisciplinary, easy-to-understand introduction, covering fundamental theory and practical applications. Featuring numerous operational examples, and interpretation of radar observations, this is a perfect resource for scientists and engineers working on or with radars, as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Elements of dual-polarization radar systems; 3. Essential precipitation physics for dual-polarization radar; 4. Basic scattering theory and principles for radar meteorology. 5. Introduction to weather radar signals; 6. Weather radar signal processing; 7. Data quality, data science, and engineering of weather radars; 8. Rate observations and classification; 9. Rainfall estimation and attenuation correction; 10. Weather radar networks.
About the author
V. Chandrasekar (Chandra) is a University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, URSI, and the American Meteorological Society.Robert M. Beauchamp is a radar systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.Renzo Bechini is a weather radar expert with almost 25 years of professional experience in the operation of dual polarization systems. He is currently a weather radar specialist at the regional agency for environmental protection Arpa Piemonte, Italy.
Summary
An interdisciplinary, easy-to-understand introduction, covering fundamental theory and practical applications. Featuring numerous operational examples, and interpretation of radar observations, this is a perfect resource for scientists and engineers working on or with radars, as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students.
