The China airborne radar altimeter control system

Author

Ke, Xu ; Maotang, Li ; Ning, Zhou ; Yonglin, Xue ; YueSheng, Liu

Author_Institution

Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., MIRIT, Beijing, China

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

389

Abstract

An airborne radar altimeter (ARA) was developed in China in 1995. The airborne radar altimeter control system (ARACS) is discussed. The ARACS consists of an industrial control computer (ICC), controller and data sampling system (DSS). Besides controlling and managing the ARA, the ICC has charge of the ARA calibration, acquisition, tracking and data processing. The controller has the functions of controlling the microwave switches, generating chirp controlling signals and other controlling signals. The DSS has the functions of sampling and holding data. The ARA software consists of initialization, noise, bias, calibration, acquisition and tracking program elements. After being developed the ARA was tested in QingDao and satisfactory success was obtained

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; ARA; China airborne radar altimeter; calibration; chirp controlling signals; controller; data acquisition; data processing; data sampling system; geophysical equipment; industrial control compute; measurement techique; microwave switch; ocean; radar altimetry; radar control system; radar remote sensing; sea surface; software; tracking; Airborne radar; Calibration; Control systems; Data processing; Decision support systems; Industrial control; Process control; Radar tracking; Signal sampling; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.615894

Filename

615894