Scanning Strategy for the Multifunction Phased-Array Radar to Satisfy Aviation and Meteorological Needs

This letter proposes a design concept that can satisfy the requirements for weather observations with a multifunction polarimetric phased-array radar at about 1-min volume update time while meeting present aviation requirements.

[1]  Dusan Zrnic,et al.  A Method to Increase the Scanning Rate of Phased-Array Weather Radar , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

[2]  I. D. Longstaff,et al.  Super-fast scanning technique for phased array weather radar applications , 2004 .

[3]  Sebastián M. Torres,et al.  Adaptive Range Oversampling to Achieve Faster Scanning on the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased-Array Radar , 2011 .

[4]  R. Vogt,et al.  Agile-Beam Phased Array Radar for Weather Observations , 2007 .

[5]  Mark E Weber,et al.  ASR-9 Weather Systems Processor (WSP) Signal Processing Algorithms , 2002 .

[6]  John Y. N. Cho,et al.  The Next-Generation Multimission U.S. Surveillance Radar Network , 2007 .

[7]  Dusan Zrnic,et al.  Phased Array Radar Polarimetry for Weather Sensing: A Theoretical Formulation for Bias Corrections , 2009, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

[8]  David Priegnitz,et al.  A demonstration of adaptive weather surveillance and multifunction capabilities on the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar , 2014, 2014 International Radar Conference.

[9]  R. Palmer,et al.  Polarimetric Phased-Array Radar for Weather Measurement: A Planar or Cylindrical Configuration? , 2011 .

[11]  Richard Doviak,et al.  Comparison of Theoretical Biases in Estimating Polarimetric Properties of Precipitation With Weather Radar Using Parabolic Reflector, or Planar and Cylindrical Arrays , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

[12]  A. Ludwig.  The definition of cross polarization , 1973 .

[13]  Valery M. Melnikov,et al.  Signal Design to Suppress Coupling in the Polarimetric Phased Array Radar , 2014 .

[14]  A. Ryzhkov,et al.  Bias in Differential Reflectivity due to Cross Coupling through the Radiation Patterns of Polarimetric Weather Radars , 2010 .

[15]  Sebastián M. Torres,et al.  The Autocorrelation Spectral Density for Doppler-Weather-Radar Signal Analysis , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

[16]  Dusan Zrnic,et al.  Bias in Copolar Correlation Coefficient Caused by Antenna Radiation Patterns , 2011, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

[17]  David Priegnitz,et al.  A demonstration of adaptive weather-surveillance capabilities on the national weather radar testbed phased-array radar , 2013, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology.