A novel low power multifunctional ionospheric sounding system

Author

Yao, Ming ; Deng, Xiaohua ; Wang, Yuhao ; Zhao, Zhengyu ; Chen, Gang ; Su, Guobin Yang Fanfan ; Li, Shipeng

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space Sci. & Technol., Nanchang Univ., Nanchang, China

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel low power multifunctional ionospheric sounding system, the Wuhan Ionospheric Comprehensive Sounding System (WICSS) is presented. Software Defined Radio (SDR) based and low transmission power are the two most significant features of the system. The system can achieve Vertical-Incidence (VI), oblique backscatter and oblique incidence sounding within low transmitting power. The radar waveforms, system structure and major system parameters are described. Typical experimental results are shown at the end of the paper.

Keywords

backscatter; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; ionospheric measuring apparatus; software radio; WICSS; Wuhan Ionospheric Comprehensive Sounding System; low power multifunctional ionospheric sounding system; low transmission power; oblique incidence sounding; software defined radio; vertical-incidence sounding; Antennas; Backscatter; Encoding; Ionosphere; Radar; Receivers; Software; ionogram; ionosonde; oblique backscatter sounding; oblique incidence sounding; radar system; vertical-incidence (VI) sounding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Binjiang

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7933-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944176

Filename

5944176