Dual Polarization - Benefits

Vastly superior data quality: calibration, mitigation of attenuation and beam blockage effects
Discrimination between insects, birds, ground echoes, and precipitation
Superior measurement of rainfall
Detection of hail
Classification of precipitation – rain vs freezing rain vs snow
Determination of hail size
Measurement of snowfall
Icing detection

Notes:
Mention integration of polarization with, R/V, oversampling, and adaptive VCP, plus spectral analysis. The last four in list are ongoing activities.