TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2012 Vol. 71,
No 4 		 

 

 

 

REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF WATER DROP SIZES BY MEANS OF DOUBLE FREQUENCY SENSING


G.I. Khlopov, S.I. Khomenko, A.M. Linkova, & O.A. Voitovych
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
Possibilities of double frequency method for measurement of water drop sizes is described by using radar sensing at wavelengths 8 mm and 3.2 cm. The results of theoretical study of the method in the case of mono-disperse medium are presented and results of experimental measurements of drop size by means of radar and contact methods are given.
KEY WORDS: radar cross section, diffraction, differential radar cross section

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