1999•IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingRequires access

Effects of snow crystal shape on the scattering of passive microwave radiation

James L. Foster, Dorothy K. Hall, A. T. C. Chang, A. Rango, William P. Wergin, E. Erbe

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A discrete dipole scattering model is used to measure the passive microwave radiation scattered by snow particles having different shapes and sizes. The model results demonstrate that the shape of the snow crystal is insignificant in scattering microwave energy in the 37-GHz region of the spectrum.

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Key concepts: Scattering, Snow, Microwave, Discrete dipole approximation, Radiation, Optics, Crystal (programming language), Physics