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- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1998 American Meteorological Society
- ISSN
- 1520-0426
- DOI
- 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0761:MORPUL>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract
Measurements of long-path optical attenuation of visible light due to rainfall are described, from which rainfall parameters are derived. Novel aspects of the method are the use of a distant uncontrolled and broadband spotlight source, and analysis of image characteristics to obtain the distribution of drop radius a. A theory is developed that uses the image attenuation and spatial resolution to retrieve the two parameters, n 0 and ΛΛ, of the distribution n ( a ) == n 0 e −−ΛΛ a . In particular, n 0 is obtained to within about 20%%; this error is relatively small compared to n 0 jumps of more than 100%% commonly observed in rainfall data. The method holds promise as an inexpensive path-averaged remotely sensed method for obtaining rainfall intensity and drop size distributions. Its validity is confirmed by a Monte Carlo model for photon scatter and imaging.
Journal
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology – American Meteorological Society
Published: Sep 16, 1998