MARLENE: Mediterranean RFC and sea clutter environmental experiment

Author

Fabbro, Vincent ; Forster, Jorg ; Biegel, Gregor ; Bohler, Christian Onno ; Gallus, Michael ; Ulland, Andreas ; Brehm, Thorsten ; Marcellin, Jean-Paul ; Boulanger, Xavier ; Castanet, Laurent ; Danklmayer, Andreas ; Hurtaud, Yvonick

Author_Institution

DEMR, ONERA, Toulouse, France

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In the framework of Germany and France cooperation, a specific experiment called MARLENE has been carried out in the Mediterranean sea region off Toulon, France, in spring 2014. It aims at characterizing sea environmental influence on electromagnetic wave propagation and sea backscattering for Refractivity From Clutter (RFC) and radar Doppler detection. Environment measurements and characterization of the marine boundary layer have received a special attention and were carried out on board the German RV PLANET meteorological ship and complementary at the coastal based test site SESDA. Three fixed radar devices were deployed along the coast operating at different frequency bands and polarizations: MEMPHIS (FHR), MARSIG (WTD71), and MEDYCIS (ONERA). The paper describes the experiment, some data processing and preliminary comparisons with modeling.

Keywords

Doppler measurement; backscatter; electromagnetic wave propagation; oceanographic techniques; radar clutter; radar detection; refractive index; FHR; German RV PLANET meteorological ship; MARLENE; MARSIG; MEDYCIS; MEMPHIS; Mediterranean sea region; ONERA; RFC; WTD71; coastal based test site SESDA; electromagnetic wave propagation; environment characterization; environment measurements; fixed radar devices; marine boundary layer; radar Doppler detection; refractivity from clutter; sea backscattering; sea environmental influence; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Clutter; Extraterrestrial measurements; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Refractivity from clutter; ducting; maritime environment; propagation; radar clutter measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228464