Interpretation procedure of meteorological radar data for propagation application in heavy rain region

Abstract

Advanced satellite communication or modern wireless systems operate at high frequencies will suffer from deep signal fades caused by rain particularly in equatorial region. Meteorological radar operates by MET department is one of the valuable resources to provide the peculiarities of the local precipitation information oriented to the analysis of radio propagation impairments. In this paper, the processing methodology and the interpretation procedure of operational weather radar data are presented from the perspective of such application. The applicability of the processed meteorological radar data is preliminary assessed against Stratiform Convective-Synthetic Storm Technique (SC-SST) in terms of first order rain attenuation statistics. The radar data simulated statistic is found to agree well with the one obtained through SC-SST. This procedure can be useful as a reference methodology for the employment of operational meteorological radar particularly focus on the propagation applications.