Design Trade-offs for Airborne Phased Array Radar for Atmospheric Research

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Salazar, Jorge L. [1 ]
Loew, Eric [1 ]
Tsai, Pei-Sang [1 ]
Chandrasekar, V. [2 ]
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[1] NCAR, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
[2] Colorado State Univ, NCAR, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
关键词
Airborne Doppler radar; ELDORA; phased array radar; dual-polarized;
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This paper discusses the design options and tradeoffs of the key performance parameters, technology, and costs of dual-polarized and two-dimensional active phased array antenna for an atmospheric airborne radar system. The design proposed provides high-resolution measurements of the air motion and rainfall characteristics of very large storms that are difficult to observe with a ground-based radar system. Parameters such as antenna size, wavelength, beamwidth, transmit power, spatial resolution, along-track resolution, and polarization have been evaluated. The paper presents a performance evaluation of the radar system. Preliminary results from the antenna front-end section that corresponds to a Line Replacement Unit (LRU) are presented.
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页码:371 / 378
页数:8
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