Abstract: Methods for size distribution estimation and rainfall type discrimination with estimated phase function using measured reflected laser light by rain droplet are proposed. Preliminary experiments are conducted with Laser ranging instrument and spectral radiometer for estimation of size distribution and rainfall type discrimination as well as phase function of scattering by rain drops. Through the experiments, it is found that rainfall type can be discriminated together with rain droplet size distribution estimation.

Kohei Arai, “Size Distribution Estimation Method using Reflected Laser Light Angle Dependency by Rain Droplets” International Journal of Advanced Research in Artificial Intelligence(IJARAI), 5(12), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJARAI.2016.051201

@article{Arai2016,
title = {Size Distribution Estimation Method using Reflected Laser Light Angle Dependency by Rain Droplets},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Research in Artificial Intelligence},
doi = {10.14569/IJARAI.2016.051201},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJARAI.2016.051201},
year = {2016},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {5},
number = {12},
author = {Kohei Arai}
}