Title :
Weather radar - recent developments and trends
Author_Institution :
Nat. Severe Storms Lab., NOAA, Norman, OK
Abstract :
Recent developments in weather radar technology are discussed and results obtained with the NOAA/NSSL polarimetric Doppler research radar are shown. These include mitigation of range velocity ambiguities via systematic phase coding of transmitted signal and staggered PRT technique. Reduction of errors and faster volume scans is possible by decorrelation transformation (whitening) of oversampled signals in range. Spectral processing of polarimetric variables brings a new dimension whereby it is possible to adaptively recognize ground clutter and filter it as well as to estimated winds by separating passive wind tracers (such as insects) from migrating birds.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; meteorological radar; radar polarimetry; NOAA-NSSL polarimetric Doppler research radar; decorrelation transformation; range velocity ambiguities mitigation; spectral processing; staggered PRT; systematic phase coding; weather radar; Adaptive filters; Birds; Clutter; Decorrelation; Doppler radar; Insects; Meteorological radar; Passive filters; Radar polarimetry; Wind;
Conference_Titel :
Microwaves, Radar and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. MRRS 2008
Conference_Location :
Kiev
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2688-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2689-8
DOI :
10.1109/MRRS.2008.4669572
