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Numerical investigation of airborne radars for remote sensing applications
Author(s) -
Costa Igor F.,
Silva Luis G.,
Mologni Juliano F.,
Cerqueira S. Arismar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.28362
Subject(s) - remote sensing , microwave , radar , radiation pattern , antenna (radio) , fuselage , meteorology , polarization (electrochemistry) , environmental science , aerospace engineering , engineering , physics , geology , telecommunications , chemistry
This article reports an accurate numerical investigation of some technological solutions for embedded airborne radars in the P‐ and X‐bands applied to remote sensing. The propagation analyses are based on transient and Floquet simulations by taken into account the influence of an entire fuselage from a commercial plane and the vegetation electromagnetic characteristics, similar to Amazon rainforest, to reproduce a realistic situation. Moreover, it is designed and analyzed a log‐periodic antenna with dual polarization for embedded airborne radars. The antenna analysis is based on S‐parameters and radiation pattern characteristics. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:1473–1478, 2014