• DocumentCode
    931027
  • Title

    A new approach to lightweight radar altimeters

  • Author

    Levanon, Nadav ; Stremler, Ferrel G. ; Suomi, Verner E.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    6/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    784
  • Lastpage
    792
  • Abstract
    Test results and key principles are given for a radar altimeter designed for meteorological balloons. The instrument, which weighs 160 g and consumes 0.7 W, will fill a gap in meteorological, sensing using balloons-an area where pressure altitude was formerly the preveiling reference. The instrument is basically a delay-lock radar utilizing a superregenerative RF stage. Long-term absolute accuracy of ±10 m and short-term stability of better than- 2 m rms were measured at altitudes of 20 km.
  • Keywords
    Costs; Delay; Instruments; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Power engineering and energy; Radar tracking; Radio frequency; Satellites; Spaceborne radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1974.9518
  • Filename
    1451448
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=931027