DocumentCode :
2163540
Title :
Technical aspects of a new S-band atmospheric profiler
Author :
Heijnen, S.H. ; van der Zwan, W.F. ; Ligthart, L.P.
Author_Institution :
International Research center for Telecommunications-Transmission and Radar, TU-Delft, PO Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. Phone: +31 15 278 7544, Fax: +31 15 278 4046, E-mail: S.H.Heijnen@its.tudelft.nl
fYear :
2001
fDate :
24-26 Sept. 2001
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
A Transportable Atmospheric RAdar, TARA, has been developed at the International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar, IRCTR. State of the art but commercially available technology has been integrated to build a sensitive, versatile research radar primarily intended for atmospheric research. The system is based on the FM-CW principle and is fully solid-state. This yields improved system lifetime in comparison to tube-based systems. The antennas are dual linearly polarized for polarimetric applications. Multiple beams at 15° offset in two orthogonal directions in combination with the Doppler capabilities of the system are used for measuring three-dimensional wind fields. In this paper attention is paid to the technical realization of the system and some measurements are shown using the Doppler and multi-beam capabilities.
Keywords :
Antenna measurements; Clutter; Doppler radar; Feeds; Frequency; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European
Conference_Location :
London, England
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2001.339040
Filename :
4140108
Link To Document :
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