A 10 cm Dual Frequency Doppler Weather Radar. Part I. The Radar System.

Abstract

Design concepts and test results are summarized for a Doppler weather radar system suitable for precipitation measurements over a wide span of radial velocities and slant ranges, even in the presence of ground clutter. The radar transmits two uniform pulse trains at 2.710 and 2.760 GHz. Uniformly spaced pulses permit ground clutter cancellation of up to 50 dB to be achieved with a three-pole elliptic filter. Pulse spacing at one frequency is consistent with long-range coverage in reflectivity, while spacing of the second is consistent with a wide unambiguous velocity measurement span.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 25, 1982
Accession Number
ADA125885

Entities

People

  • Alexander W. Bishop
  • Graham M. Armstrong

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Control Panels
  • Data Processing
  • Doppler Radar
  • Electron Tubes
  • Frequency Bands
  • Insertion Loss
  • Klystrons
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Processing Equipment
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radio Frequency Amplifiers
  • Waveguide Switches

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects