Analysis Of The Cross-Polar Radiation Effects On Differential Reflectivity Calibration

This paper discusses the effects of cross-polar radiation on the calibration methods usually employed for the calibration of the differential reflectivity. It is shown that cross-polar radiation has significant effects when simultaneous transmission and reception of horizontal and vertical polarizations are used to obtain polarimetric measurements. Additionally, it is shown that propagation through a transpolarizing medium considerably affects the results.