Title :
Reconfigurable data acquisition system for weather radar applications
Author :
Khasgiwale, Rishi ; Krnan, Luko ; Perinkulam, Atchuthan ; Tessier, Russell
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA
Abstract :
Tornado, hazardous weather and flood detection radars demand high-throughput, high-speed data acquisition and processing. Weather-processing systems need to be capable of implementing powerful signal processing algorithms on the raw data collected by the radars. Following processing, data is distributed to the end-user in real-time for timely and accurate detection of imminent weather disasters. Since physical accessibility to such systems is often limited, remote-user based control and reconfiguration of processing capabilities are also essential. A real-time data acquisition, processing and distribution system for weather radar applications that meets these needs is described in this paper. This FPGA-based system has been successfully integrated with a radar optimized for tornado detection and deployed in the field
Keywords :
data acquisition; distributed processing; field programmable gate arrays; meteorological radar; real-time systems; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA-based system; flood detection radar; hazardous weather; real-time data acquisition; real-time distribution system; real-time processing; reconfigurable data acquisition system; remote reconfiguration; remote-user based control; tornado; weather data processing system; weather radar application; Application software; Control systems; Data acquisition; Field programmable gate arrays; Floods; Meteorological radar; RF signals; Radar applications; Radar detection; Tornadoes;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2005. 48th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Covington, KY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9197-7
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2005.1594227
