Accession Number:

AD0645218

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF POINT AND AREAL PRECIPITATION BY RADAR ECHO MEASUREMENTS

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Oct 1964-30 Sep 1966

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY DIV URBANA

Personal Author(s):

• Mueller, E. A.
• Sims, A. L.

Report Date:

1966-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

116.0

Abstract:

A review of work accomplished on this contract is presented including references to the appropriate interim reports for details. The limiting accuracy for radar estimation of rainfall rate is determined to be plus or minus 40 percent. The location of the medium range raingage network is shown along with the amount of data collected thus far. No results from this network are available at present. A Doctoral thesis entitled, Radar Cross Sections from Drop Size Spectra, is included as an Appendix.

Descriptors:

• *METEOROLOGICAL RADAR
• PARTICLE SIZE
• RADAR SCANNING
• RADAR REFLECTIONS
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• RAINFALL
• MEASUREMENT
• RAINDROPS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE