Cloud Imaging Using the NRL WARLOC Radar
作者:
A. W. Fliflet,
W. M. Manheimer,
K. St. Germain,
G. Linde,
W. J. Cheung,
V. Gregers‐Hansen,
B. G. Danly,
M. T. Ngo,
期刊:
AIP Conference Proceedings
(AIP Available online 1903)
卷期:
Volume 691,
issue 1
页码: 329-338
ISSN:0094-243X
年代: 1903
DOI:10.1063/1.1635138
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The Naval Research Laboratory has recently developed a 3–10 kW average, 80 kW peak power 94 GHz radar with scanning capability, WARLOC. This radar is powered by a gyroklystron developed by a team led by NRL. One application has been to image clouds. New capabilities of WARLOC include imaging with greatly improved sensitivity and detail as well as the ability to detect much lower strength cloud returns. Here we show how pulse averaging enhances the sensitivity of WARLOC. Since the available power is so high, it can be used in moderate rain to both measure the rainfall rate and to image the cloud above the rain. © 2003 American Institute of Physics
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