GeometryHalfPowerRadius {radar}

Half-power radius

Description

GeometryHalfPowerRadius returns the half-power radius Battan (1973)

Usage

GeometryHalfPowerRadius(r, bwhalf)

Arguments

r

Range [m]

bwhalf

Half-power beam width [degrees]

Value

Rhalf

Half-power radius [m]

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet

Louis J. Battan, 1973 Radar Observation of the Atmosphere University of Chicago Press

References

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet

Louis J. Battan, 1973 Radar Observation of the Atmosphere University of Chicago Press