Patent Document ID: 9519057
Application ID: 14615920
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for generating a precipitation accumulation comprising the steps: generating a horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and a vertical polarized radio wave pulse; transmitting said horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and said vertical polarized radio wave pulse toward a precipitation event; receiving returned said horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and returned said vertical polarized radio wave pulse from said precipitation event; measuring the power of said returned said horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and said returned said vertical polarized radio wave pulse from said precipitation event; comparing said power of said returned said horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and said power of said returned said vertical polarized radio wave pulse from said precipitation event; generating a first precipitation mask from said comparing of said power of said returned said horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and said power of said returned said vertical polarized radio wave pulse from said precipitation event at a first time period; generating a second precipitation mask from said comparing of said power of said returned said horizontal polarized radio wave pulse and said power of said returned said vertical polarized radio wave pulse from said precipitation event at a second time period; comparing the difference between said first precipitation mask at said first time period and said second precipitation mask from said second time period; and generating said precipitation accumulation from said difference between said first precipitation mask at said first time period and said second precipitation mask from said second time period.