Design trade-offs for airborne phased array radar for atmospheric research

Jorge L. Salazar; Eric Loew; Pei Sang Tsai; Jothiram Vivekanandan; Wen Chau Lee; V. Chandrasekar

doi:10.1109/ARRAY.2013.6731857

Design trade-offs for airborne phased array radar for atmospheric research

Jorge L. Salazar, Eric Loew, Pei Sang Tsai, Jothiram Vivekanandan, Wen Chau Lee, V. Chandrasekar

Earth Observing Lab

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages	371-378
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2013.6731857
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 5th IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2013 - Waltham, MA, United States Duration: Oct 15 2013 → Oct 18 2013

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Conference	2013 5th IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waltham, MA
Period	10/15/13 → 10/18/13

Keywords

Airborne Doppler radar
ELDORA phased array radar
dual-polarized

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Salazar, JL, Loew, E, Tsai, PS, Vivekanandan, J , Lee, WC & Chandrasekar, V 2013, 'Design trade-offs for airborne phased array radar for atmospheric research', Paper presented at 2013 5th IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2013, Waltham, MA, United States, 10/15/13 - 10/18/13 pp. 371-378. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2013.6731857

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