DocumentCode
2384992
Title
Polarimetric Phased Array Radar for weather measurement: Issues and solutions
Author
Zhang, Guifu ; Palmer, Robert ; Lei, Lei ; Doviak, Richard J. ; Zrnic, Dusan S. ; Al-Rashid, Yasser
Author_Institution
SoM/ECE/ARRC, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
23-27 May 2011
Firstpage
590
Lastpage
591
Abstract
The commonly used planar phased array radar has a number of issues in making polarimetric measurements, including increase of beam width, sensitivity loss and polarization coupling. The Cylindrical Polarimetric Phased Array Radar (CPPAR) with commutating scan is proposed to avoid these deficiencies.
Keywords
electromagnetic coupling; electromagnetic wave polarisation; meteorological radar; phased array radar; radar polarimetry; beam width; cylindrical polarimetric phased array radar; planar phased array radar; polarimetric measurement; polarization coupling; sensitivity loss; weather measurement; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radar Conference (RADAR), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Kansas City, MO
ISSN
1097-5659
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8901-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RADAR.2011.5960605
Filename
5960605
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