Technology of Polarization Diversity Radars for Meteorology: Panel Report

Abstract

From the earliest years of meteorological radar research, the potential utility of polarization techniques was recognized by several research organizations. Their experimental and analytical endeavors are described by Seliga et al. (Chapter 14). The polarization dependence in the response of a meteorological radar is determined by the anisotropic character of most cloud and precipitation particles. Consequently, through analytical or empirical models, the measured quantities can be related to sizes, shapes, orientations, or thermodynamic phases of hydrometeors in the propagation or backscatter media. Metcalf served as leader of this panel. Other members were Kultegin Aydin (Pennsylvania State University), N. Balakrishnan (National Severe Storms Laboratory), Wolfgang-Martin Boerner (University of Illinois), V.N. Bringi (Colorado State University), Marx Brook (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, retired), Madhukar S. Chandra (DFVLR, West Germany), Charles Frush (NCAR), Spiros Geotis (MIT), Eugenio Gorgucci (IFA, Italy), Archibald Hendry (National Research Council, Canada, retired), Paul Herzegh (NCAR), Anthony R. Holt (University of Essex, United Kingdom), Robert G. Humphries (MacDonald Dettwiler, Canada), Anthony Illingworth (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Arthur R. Jameson (Applied Research Corp.), Paul Krehbiel (New Mexico Tech.), Leo P. Ligthart (Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands), G.C. McCormick (NRC, retired), Raymond McGuinness (University of Essex), Eugene Mueller (Illinois State Water Survey), Reginald Newell (MIT), Tomohiro Oguchi (Communications Research Laboratories, Japan), Fausto Pasqualucci (Hughes Aircraft Co.), Gianfranco Scarchilli (IFA), Arno C. Schroth (DFVLR), Thomas A. Seliga (Pennsylvania State University), Enrico Torlaschi (Université du Québec à Montréal), James S. Ussailis (Ussailis Engineering), and Fumio Yoshino (Public Works Research Institute, Japan).