wradlib.trafo.kdp_to_r

wradlib.trafo.kdp_to_r(kdp, f, a=129.0, b=0.85)

Estimating rainfall intensity directly from specific differential phase.

The general power law expression has been suggested by [Ryzhkov et al., 2005].

The default parameters have been set according to [Bringi et al., 2001].

Note

Please note that this way, rainfall intensities can become negative. This is an intended behaviour in order to account for noisy \(K_{DP}\) values.

Parameters:

• kdp (float) – \(K_{DP}\) as array of floats
• f (float) –

  radar frequency [GHz]

  • Standard frequencies in X-band range between 8.0 and 12.0 GHz,
  • Standard frequencies in C-band range between 4.0 and 8.0 GHz,
  • Standard frequencies in S-band range between 2.0 and 4.0 GHz.
• a (float) – linear coefficient of the power law
• b (float) – exponent of the power law

Returns:

output (array) – array of rainfall intensity