Title :
A reflectarray antenna for use in interferometeric ocean height measurement
Author :
Hodges, Richard E. ; Zawadzki, Mark
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
A deployable reflectarray antenna is developed for use in a Ku-band dual polarization cross-track interferometer instrument. It is found that the reflectarray antenna provides unique, mission enabling advantages for a large dual polarized antenna in terms of stowage, dual beam aperture efficiency and cost. This paper presents experimental results to demonstrate that reflectarray antenna technology is sufficiently mature for flight applications
Keywords :
antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave polarisation; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radiowave interferometers; Ku-band dual polarization cross-track interferometer; dual beam aperture efficiency; flight applications; interferometeric ocean height measurement; large dual polarized antenna; reflectarray antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Marine technology; Oceans; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Reflector antennas; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2005 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8870-4
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2005.1559404
