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Direct Observations Of Coherent Backscatter Of Radar Waves In Precipitation, A. R. Jameson, A. B. Kostinski
Direct Observations Of Coherent Backscatter Of Radar Waves In Precipitation, A. R. Jameson, A. B. Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications
In previous work, it was argued that a source of radar coherent scatter occurs in the direction perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation because of the presence of grids of enhanced particle concentrations with spatial periodicities in resonance with the radar wavelength. While convincing, the evidence thus far has been indirect. In this work the authors now present direct observations of radar coherent backscattered signals in precipitation in the direction of wave propagation.
The theory is developed for the cross-correlation function of the complex amplitudes in the direction of propagation calculated for nearest neighbor range bins. Data are analyzed …