This paper reviews the theories and the results of numerical calculations of interactions
between hydrometeors and microwaves or millimeter waves propagating in media …

The utilization of polarimetric weather radars for optimizing cloud models is a next frontier of
research. It is widely understood that inadequacies in microphysical parameterization …

The theoretical prediction of propagation in precipitation conditions has received much
attention in the literature, but in some parts of the world sand and dust storms occur more …

A simple model of the radar scattering by atmospheric particles is used to interpret all
elements of the covariance scattering matrix. The components of the covariance scattering …

This book deals with a particular class of approximation methods in the context of light
scattering by small particles. Soft particles occur in ocean optics, biomedical optics …

Polarization diversity radars, both CDR and ZDR, are currently being used to investigate
precipitation environments for meteorological and radio science purposes. Various …

Investigation of the scattering properties of hydrometeors, especially those of nonspherical
hydrometeors, has become increasingly important in connection with the estimation of …

Chaff contaminates estimates of precipitation amounts; hence, it is important to remove (or
censor) its presence from the fields of radar reflectivity. It is demonstrated that efficient and …

Stokes parameters and to make these the elements of a column vector, called the Stokes
vector. Scattering by a particle in a fixed orientation can then be described by means of a …

The ongoing upgrade of the National Weather Service WSR-88D radar network to
polarimetric capabilities, as well as similar upgrades worldwide, will soon provide a wealth …