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GeometryRayHeight: Center of radar beam height calculation

Description

GeometryRayHeight returns the center of radar beam height From Rinehart (1997), Eqn 3.12, Bech et al. (2003) Eqn 3

Usage

GeometryRayHeight(r, elev, H0, R1=kConstantR43)

Arguments

r
Range from radar to point of interest [m]
elev
Elevation angle of radar beam [deg]
H0
Height of radar antenna [m]
R1
Effective radius [m]

Value

h
Radar beam height [m]

Source

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet R. E. Rinehart, 1997 Radar for Meteorologists Rinehart Publishing

References

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

R. E. Rinehart, 1997 Radar for Meteorologists Rinehart Publishing