Research Article

Attenuation Correction Effects in Rainfall Estimation at X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar: Evaluation with a Dense Rain Gauge Network

Table 1

General characteristics of the NIMS-XPOL radar [21].

X-band polarimetric mobile Doppler weather radar (ARC-X250MP) specification

TransmitterTypeMagnetron
Peak power (kW) 250
Frequency (MHz)9,360
PRF (MHz)0~2,500

AntennaDiameter (m)2.44
PolarizationOrthogonal linear simultaneous H & V
Beamwidth (°)0.95
Gain (dB)>43

Data processingNumber of gates3000@1000 PRF
Gate spacing30 m to 1000 m
Raw data, , , , ,