DocumentCode
3369044
Title
WREN: A weather radar experimental network
Author
Gray, D.A. ; Viola, M. ; Moran, W. ; Samarasekera, S. ; May, P. ; Bates, B. ; Venkataraman, K. ; McCarroll, C. ; Ferguson, B. ; McLaughlin, D.
Author_Institution
EEE Sch., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
fYear
2010
fDate
20-24 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
505
Lastpage
508
Abstract
Limitations to current long range weather radars include reduced coverage of the lower atmosphere, coarse cross range resolution and coarse temporal resolution due to the mechanical scanning. A proposed network of low cost, short range digital radars for monitoring hydrometeor phenomena is described and its potential benefit in providing lower atmospheric coverage is discussed. The benefits of replacing the scanning antenna at each node of the network with a phased array are also discussed.
Keywords
hydrometers; meteorological radar; radar resolution; scanning antennas; WREN; atmospheric coverage; coarse cross range resolution; coarse temporal resolution; hydrometeor phenomena; long range weather radars; mechanical scanning; phased array; scanning antenna; short range digital radars; weather radar experimental network; Arrays; Australia; Doppler radar; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7366-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICEAA.2010.5653691
Filename
5653691
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