Rainfall Estimation Using Specific Differential Phase for the First Operational Polarimetric Radar in Korea

<table>The results of noise removal and unfolding of differential phase shift. (a) Raw <svg height="15.3875" id="M64" style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 28.9 15.3875" width="28.9" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> observed at 1330 LST on June 26, 2011, before noise removal and (b) after noise removal. (c) Raw <svg height="15.3875" id="M65" style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 28.9 15.3875" width="28.9" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> observed at 0246 LST on August 8, 2011, before unfolding and (d) after unfolding.</table>

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Figure 6: Rainfall Estimation Using Specific Differential Phase for the First Operational Polarimetric Radar in Korea 