Design and performance of a 215 GHz pulsed radar system

Author

McIntosh, Robert E. ; Narayanan, Ram M. ; Mead, James B. ; Schaubert, Daniel H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

36

Issue

6

fYear

1988

fDate

6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

994

Lastpage

1001

Abstract

A high-power 215-GHz pulsed radar system developed for remote-sensing applications is described that is capable of making backscatter measurements from terrain targets at ranges of several kilometers under normal atmospheric conditions. By using separate transmit and receive antennas, the amplitudes of the polarization matrix elements may be measured conveniently. A dedicated data acquisition system was developed allowing up to 15 range gates to be sampled at 100-ns intervals. Instrument stability of ±1.0 dB yields accurate scattering measurements of a variety of terrestrial targets. System performance and calibration, together with measurements of snow backscatter coefficients made during early 1987, are discussed

Keywords

backscatter; radar applications; radar measurement; radar systems; remote sensing; 215 GHz; EHF; MM wave generation; backscatter measurements; calibration; dedicated data acquisition system; high-power; millimetre-wave system; polarization matrix elements; pulsed radar system; remote-sensing applications; scattering measurements; snow backscatter coefficients; terrain targets; terrestrial targets; Antenna measurements; Atmospheric measurements; Backscatter; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Receiving antennas; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.3624

Filename

3624