TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2010 Vol. 69,
No 13 		 

 

 

 

Investigation of the Dual-Frequency Method for Remote Sensing of Solid Aerosols


Î.À. Voitovych, À.Ì. Linkova, & G.I. Khlopov
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine
«Address all correspondence to G.I. Khlopov E-mail: khlopov@ire.kharkov.ua

Abstract
A dual-frequency remote sensing method for estimating scale-sizes of solid aerosol particles is analyzed. Results of computer simulations of the remote sensing procedure, based on the rigorous solution of the problem of electromagnetic wave diffraction by a dielectric sphere, are presented. This has allowed determining the range of applicability of the technique and estimating the effect of the polydispersity of the scattering medium.

KEY WORDS: diffraction, radar echo area, differential echoing area

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