wradlib.georef.GeorefMethods.bin_altitude

GeorefMethods.bin_altitude(**kwargs)

Calculates the height of a radar bin taking the refractivity of the atmosphere into account.

Based on [Doviak et al., 1993] the bin altitude is calculated as

\[h = \sqrt{r^2 + (k_e r_e)^2 + 2 r k_e r_e \sin\theta} - k_e r_e\]

Parameters:

obj (xarray.DataArray | xarray.Dataset) – DataArray

Returns:

z (xarray.DataArray) – DataArray