Title :
Atmospheric inhomogeneities effects on microwave distance measurements
Author :
Laffourcade, R. ; Lemaitre, F. ; Soum, G.
Author_Institution :
ONERA-CERT, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This work aims to define the tropospheric turbulence effects on a high precision distance measurement radar. The signal is characterised statistically to compute the final accuracy of the instrument. Moreover, compensation techniques are suggested.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; atmospheric turbulence; compensation; distance measurement; meteorological radar; microwave measurement; radar applications; remote sensing by radar; troposphere; atmospheric inhomogeneities effect; compensation techniques; final accuracy; high precision distance measurement radar; microwave distance measurements; modelling; refractive index fluctuations; tropospheric turbulence effects; wave statistical behaviour; Atmospheric modeling; Fluctuations; Geophysics computing; Instruments; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Moisture; Optical propagation; Radar measurements; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5018-9
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.1998.700041
