Networking CSU-CHILL and CSU-Pawnee to Form a Bistatic Radar System

Author

George, Jim ; Brunkow, David ; Chandrasekar, V.

Author_Institution

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

fYear

2006

fDate

July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006

Firstpage

656

Lastpage

659

Abstract

This paper describes how the synchronization and networking capabilities of the transmit and receive chain used at the CSU-CHILL and CSU-Pawnee radars are used to form a bistatic radar system capable of observing clear air echoes from atmospheric boundary layer. An overview of the bistatic radar geometry and resolution volume are presented, along with a discussion of the methods used to achieve timing coherence. Some preliminary results from clear-air observations are included.

Keywords

air pollution; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; synchronisation; CSU-CHILL; CSU-Pawnee; atmospheric boundary layer; bistatic radar geometry; bistatic radar system; clear air echo observation; radar networking; resolution volume; synchronization; timing coherence; Bistatic radar; Delay; Frequency synchronization; Geometry; Meteorological radar; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Timing; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9510-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2006.172

Filename

4241319