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The mobile SOUSY Doppler radar: Technical design and first results
Author(s) -
Czechowsky P.,
Schmidt G.,
Rüster R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs019i001p00441
Subject(s) - phased array , remote sensing , antenna (radio) , radar , observatory , doppler effect , computer science , radar systems , telecommunications , doppler radar , flexibility (engineering) , meteorology , geography , physics , astrophysics , statistics , mathematics , astronomy
On the basis of the experience obtained with the stationary SOUSY radar in the Harz mountains, a mobile VHF Doppler system was developed during the last two years. The electronic part is installed in a 20‐foot container and was tested for the first time during a joint experiment at the Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) using a special log‐periodic aerial to illuminate the 300‐m dish. In 1982 this system was extended by designing a mobile phased antenna array with 576 Yagi elements. The grouping of the single Yagis, the feeding network, the phase shifters, the power splitters, and the transmit receive switch are described. A summary of results obtained during the first two campaigns is presented as well as a survey of future programs demonstrating the flexibility of this mobile system.
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