A Report on Shipboard Waveheight Radar System.

Abstract

A microwave shipboard wave-height radar sensor for measuring ocean wave spectra, developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, was installed on the containership S.S. McLean, February, 1975. The sensor's performance, design, and analysis of data for one data run are discussed. The radar system has a 3 centimeters wavelength, 2 nanoseconds pulse width, 100 watts of peak transmitted power, 10,000 pulse per second repetition rate, 2-foot parabola antenna diameter, 7 decibel receiver noise figure, 100 pulses per second equivalent pulse processing rate, and a 1-foot resolution. Results are in reasonable agreement with airborne measurements. Areas for improving the system are also discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA053379

Entities

People

  • D. Hammond
  • Dekang Chen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Coast Guard
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Military Research
  • Naval Architecture
  • Ocean Waves
  • Radar
  • Repetition Rate
  • Shipboard
  • Shipping
  • Ships
  • Tensile Strength
  • Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.