Title :
The FRS-68010-a new ground station concept for the acquisition and analysis of NOAA HRPT data from a spatially limited area of interest
Author :
Wegener, Michael
Author_Institution :
Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ. Surveillance Res. Lab., Salisbury, SA, Australia
fDate :
1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A concepts for NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ground station using a pointing array of Yagi-type antenna instead of a tracking disk is presented. The antenna configuration provides a sufficient signal level for the reliable acquisition of high resolution picture transmission (HRPT) data of spatially limited area of interest. A 68010-based microcomputer system is used to store, retrieve, and display the data. The author´s original intent was to process the data on the FRS-68010 system, but in light of the recently greatly increased availability, in Australia, of PC-type microcomputer hardware and software it was decided to transfer the data to one of these machines and utilize commercially available software for data processing
Keywords :
antenna arrays; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; geophysics computing; ground support systems; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; satellite ground stations; telecommunication equipment; telecommunication systems; FRS-68010; NOAA HRPT; Yagi-type antenna; atmosphere; computer data storage; data acquisition; data processing; data retrieval; geophysics; ground station concept; high resolution picture transmission; microcomputer system; ocean; pointing array; satellite ground station; telecommunication; Antenna arrays; Australia; Availability; Displays; Information retrieval; Microcomputers; Satellite ground stations; Signal resolution; Spatial resolution; Transmitting antennas;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
