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Proceedings with Extended Abstracts (single PDF file) - Radio ...

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Session I.1: Radar scattering processes in theneutral atmosphereThe following three main scattering mechanisms are important for atmosphericradars operating in the UHF/VHF regime: (1) Rayleigh scatter from hydrometeors, insects,etc.; (2) Bragg scatter from turbulent refractive-index fluctuations; (3) Fresnel scatter fromrefractive-index interfaces that are thin compared to the radar wavelength. Often, more thanone of these three scattering mechanisms is relevant to a given observed data set, whichmay make the unambiguous retrieval of meteorological observables difficult, sometimesimpossible. For example, the backscattered power may no longer be interpreted as beingrelated to turbulence characteristics if Rayleigh scatter or Fresnel scatter contributes to, oreven dominates the observed backscattered power.In this session, observational and theoretical investigations (1) on how to separatethe effects of different scattering mechanisms in the same data set, and on (2) radar echocharacteristics in different radar configurations and their interpretations are presented.Emphasis will be placed on contributions that discuss new observations (e.g., multi-beam,multi-frequency, multi-receiver, and/or multi-regime radar observations, alsointercomparisons <strong>with</strong> in situ measurements) on the basis of innovative, first-principletheoretical analysis.Conveners:H. Luce and A. Muschinski41

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