• DocumentCode
    1904518
  • Title

    A concept for measuring the water-surface backscattering signature by airborne weather radar

  • Author

    Nekrasov, Alexey ; Popov, Dmitry

  • Author_Institution
    Taganrog Inst. of Technol., Southern Fed. Univ., Taganrog, Russia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    24-26 June 2015
  • Firstpage
    1112
  • Lastpage
    1116
  • Abstract
    A concept for measuring the water-surface backscattering signature using the airborne weather radar, in addition to its standard meteorological and navigation applications, is discussed. The airborne weather radar operates in the ground-mapping mode in the range of high to medium incidence angles as a scatterometer. A case of two-stage rectilinear track flight measurement with a 180° aircraft turn between the stages is considered. Some limitations and recommendations to perform the measurement are presented.
  • Keywords
    airborne radar; backscatter; cartography; meteorological radar; airborne weather radar; ground-mapping mode; high-to-medium incidence angles; two-stage rectilinear track flight measurement; water-surface backscattering signature measurement; Aircraft; Aircraft navigation; Azimuth; Meteorology; Radar measurements; Sea measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Symposium (IRS), 2015 16th International
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRS.2015.7226252
  • Filename
    7226252