Antenna Systems for the Meteorological Radar Design

Author

Knyazev, Sergey ; Shabunin, Sergey

Author_Institution

Ural State Tech. Univ., Yekaterinburg

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

206

Lastpage

208

Abstract

Two antenna arrays with linear and circular polarization for meteorological radiosonde tracking radar are compared and discussed. The 26 dB gain antenna operates in 1.765-1.795 GHz range. Both arrays consist of four subarrays. Each subarray comprises suspended rectangular patch antennas fed by air filled strip lines. The 4 element array incorporated into the center of the big array forms wide beam radiation pattern and allows stable balloon tracking at the start moment. Optimal combining both electrical and mechanical scanning allowed to design cheap and reliable meteorological radar

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; electromagnetic wave polarisation; meteorological radar; microstrip antenna arrays; radar antennas; radar tracking; radiosondes; 1.765 to 1.795 GHz; air filled strip lines; antenna array; circular polarization; electrical scanning; linear polarization; mechanical scanning; meteorological radar design; radiosonde tracking radar; rectangular patch antenna; stable balloon tracking; wide beam radiation pattern; Integral equations; Linear antenna arrays; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Structural beams; Antenna arrays; microstrip antennas; radar antennas; tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2006. EuRAD 2006. 3rd European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-7-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2006.280310

Filename

4058294