Title :
EEC´s next generation weather radar: Solid-state polarimetric weather radar with advanced time-frequency multiplexing waveform design
Author :
Qing Cao ; Knight, Michael ; Helvin, Jim ; Stafford, Robert ; Free, Albert
Author_Institution :
Enterprise Electron. Corp., Enterprise, AL, USA
Abstract :
The current article introduces the novel hardware design and signal processing of EEC´s latest X-band solid-state polarimetric weather radar: Ranger system (X1/X5), including the implementation of pulse compression technique with the advanced time-frequency multiplexing (TFM) waveform design. The effects/limitations of radar configurations (e.g., pulse width, transmitter power, and bandwidth) for the implementation of pulse compression/TFM and the concept of optimizing the waveform design are also discussed.
Keywords :
meteorological radar; pulse compression; radar polarimetry; time-frequency analysis; EEC next generation radar; TFM waveform design; X-band solid-state polarimetric weather radar; advanced time-frequency multiplexing waveform design; pulse compression technique; pulse width; radar configurations; ranger system; transmitter power; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar antennas; Radar polarimetry; Sensitivity; Transmitters; polarimetric weather radar; pulse compression; solid-state radar; time-frequency multiplexing waveform;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (RadarCon), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8231-8
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2015.7131091
