Digital Processing of FM-CW Radar Data.

Abstract

Quantitative data recorded from a FM-CW radar provide a unique means of studying the microstructure of radar echoes from the clear atmosphere. A computer program is developed to compute reflectivity from digitized radar signal data, using a derived power calibration function, and correcting for range dependence of the received power. The report discusses the handling of the data and the derivation of the calibration equation, and present sample output from the computation including a contoured height-time record of reflectivity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733295

Entities

People

  • Ernst Stratmann
  • James I. Metcalf

Organizations

  • University of Chicago

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Calibration
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Continuous-Wave Radar
  • Cooperation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Illinois
  • Microstructure
  • Radar
  • Radar Signals
  • Reflectivity
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.