Title :
A concept for measuring the water-surface backscattering signature by airborne weather radar
Author :
Nekrasov, Alexey ; Popov, Dmitry
Author_Institution :
Taganrog Inst. of Technol., Southern Fed. Univ., Taganrog, Russia
Abstract :
A concept for measuring the water-surface backscattering signature using the airborne weather radar, in addition to its standard meteorological and navigation applications, is discussed. The airborne weather radar operates in the ground-mapping mode in the range of high to medium incidence angles as a scatterometer. A case of two-stage rectilinear track flight measurement with a 180° aircraft turn between the stages is considered. Some limitations and recommendations to perform the measurement are presented.
Keywords :
airborne radar; backscatter; cartography; meteorological radar; airborne weather radar; ground-mapping mode; high-to-medium incidence angles; two-stage rectilinear track flight measurement; water-surface backscattering signature measurement; Aircraft; Aircraft navigation; Azimuth; Meteorology; Radar measurements; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Symposium (IRS), 2015 16th International
Conference_Location :
Dresden
DOI :
10.1109/IRS.2015.7226252
