Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2006
Session Number:3B1a
Session:
Number:3B1a-1
Modeling of Bright Band Having a Smooth Connection to Snowfall for Observation of Rain from Space
Jun AWAKA, Nobuhiro TAKAHASHI, Toshio IGUCHI,
pp.1-4
Publication Date:2006/11/2
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
This paper proposes a bright band (BB) model in which the radar reflectivity factor (Z) shows a reasonable connection to that in the upper snow region. The model assumes a linear change of precipitation rate with hight and also a linear change in slope of drop-size distribution with height in the upper part of BB. A comparison of the model with an averaged height profile of Z obtained by the TRMM precipitation radar shows a good agreement.