Study on accuracy improvement for measuring the rain drop size distribution by using radar

Abstract

Mechanism of rainfall process through collecting and analyzing data from advanced radar namely COBRA is investigated in this study. The effect of COBRA for measuring rainfall process is expected in the following field; i) detailed bistatic characteristics from each type of raindrop, ii) classification of type of raindrops, iii) correction of attenuation during the severe rainfall, iv) removal of ground clatter, v) estimation of rain drop size distribution. However, classification of type of raindrops has not been done yet. Therefore, with using the Micro Rain Radar, rainfall process is investigated through estimating the rain drop size distribution.