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Dsd variations on rain-rate estimate algorithms of x- band polarimetric radar and rainfall characterization in tropical environments using 2dvd, rain gauges and trmm data
Dsd variations on rain-rate estimate algorithms of x- band polarimetric radar and rainfall characterization in tropical environments using 2dvd, rain gauges and trmm data
dc.contributor.advisor | Cruz-Pol, Sandra L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Baquero-Fuentes, Margarita | |
dc.contributor.college | College of Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.committee | Colom-Ustariz, José | |
dc.contributor.committee | Ierkic-Vidmar, Henrick Mario | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.representative | Rolke, Wolfgang | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-15T17:59:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-15T17:59:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.description.abstract | Data from NASA TRMM satellite and rain gauges, the rain rate per hour was studied. The comparison took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico; when the Tropical Storm Jeanne passed over the island of Puerto Rico. Natural variations in raindrop size distribution (DSD) were studied for X band radar from October 2004 to July 2005 and September 15 to 16 , 2004 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Three types of estimators of rain rates were examined: A classical estimator R(ZH) and two polarimetric radar estimators R(KDP) and R(ZH,ZDR) . According to simulation results, the normalized errors (NEs) with respect data disdrometer of R(ZH),R(KDP) and R(ZH,ZDR) for all DSD samples in October 2004 to July 2005 data are 40.85%, 14.73%, and 15.83% respectively, while for the tropical storm Jeanne they are 23.39%, 9.35% and 14.53%. The results show that the estimator R(ZH) is the most sensitive to variations in DSD. | en_US |
dc.description.graduationYear | 2005 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The funding and resources for the development of this research were provided under Faculty Awards for Research NAG-1-02074 and University Research Center grant NCC5-518 respectively; TCESS primarily supported this work. This work also made use of CASA Engineering Research Center Shared Facilities supported by the National Science Foundation under Award Number 0313747. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/2396 | |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | (c) 2005 Margarita Baquero-Fuentes | en_US |
dc.rights.license | All rights reserved | en_US |
dc.title | Dsd variations on rain-rate estimate algorithms of x- band polarimetric radar and rainfall characterization in tropical environments using 2dvd, rain gauges and trmm data | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Electrical Engineering | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | M.S. | en_US |
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