Title :
The China airborne radar altimeter control system
Author :
Ke, Xu ; Maotang, Li ; Ning, Zhou ; Yonglin, Xue ; YueSheng, Liu
Author_Institution :
Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., MIRIT, Beijing, China
Abstract :
An airborne radar altimeter (ARA) was developed in China in 1995. The airborne radar altimeter control system (ARACS) is discussed. The ARACS consists of an industrial control computer (ICC), controller and data sampling system (DSS). Besides controlling and managing the ARA, the ICC has charge of the ARA calibration, acquisition, tracking and data processing. The controller has the functions of controlling the microwave switches, generating chirp controlling signals and other controlling signals. The DSS has the functions of sampling and holding data. The ARA software consists of initialization, noise, bias, calibration, acquisition and tracking program elements. After being developed the ARA was tested in QingDao and satisfactory success was obtained
Keywords :
airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; ARA; China airborne radar altimeter; calibration; chirp controlling signals; controller; data acquisition; data processing; data sampling system; geophysical equipment; industrial control compute; measurement techique; microwave switch; ocean; radar altimetry; radar control system; radar remote sensing; sea surface; software; tracking; Airborne radar; Calibration; Control systems; Data processing; Decision support systems; Industrial control; Process control; Radar tracking; Signal sampling; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.615894
