AN X-BAND SOLID-STATE FM-CW WEATHER RADAR

被引:7
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作者
LIGTHART, LP
NIEUWKERK, LR
机构
[1] Technische Univ Delft, Delft
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10.1049/ip-f-2.1990.0061
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TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0809 ;
摘要
FM-CW radar has grown to a mature state owing to new breakthroughs in microwave and computer hardware. Applications of FM-CW radar so far have been mainly in the field of tropospheric research, meterology and ship navigation. The paper describes a radar to be used for rain-rate determination and rain-cell contouring. The central themes are system fundamentals, system design and construction, and real-time processing of the radar. The new radar is purely solid state, with a CW power of 1 watt. Owing to the use of X-band frequencies, the radar waves need to be corrected for spatial expansion and for rain-induced attenuation along the radar path, using real-time processing. Results demonstrate the potential capability for suppressing coherent ground clutter as well as for detecting rain cells.
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页码:418 / 426
页数:9
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