beam_propagation: Radar beam propagation

Description Usage Arguments Value

View source: R/beam_propagation.R

Description

Calculates the propagation of the radar beam using the 4R/3 approximation.

Usage

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beam_propagation(range, elevation, R = 6371000, Rp = 4 * R/3)

Arguments

range

vector with the distance to the radar en meters.

elevation

vector of the same length as range containing elevation angles in degrees.

R

radius of Earth in meters.

Rp

aproximation used.

Value

A data frame conteing 3 variables:

ht

height above the radar in meters.

rh

horizontal range in meters.

lea

local elevation angle in degrees.


paocorrales/rvad documentation built on July 22, 2020, 3:24 a.m.