• DocumentCode
    907719
  • Title

    Accurate pulse-radar altimeter for meteorological balloons

  • Author

    Levanon, Nadav

  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    1680
  • Lastpage
    1681
  • Abstract
    A simple, light-weight pulse-radar altimeter package has been designed and tested to accurately measure altitudes of meteorological balloons. This altimeter uses a superregenerative RF stage which is controlled by an adaptive feedback system. Altitudes to 20 km have been measured accurately over Lake Michigan using a peak power of one watt.
  • Keywords
    Adaptive control; Adaptive systems; Control systems; Feedback; Meteorology; Packaging; Programmable control; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1969.7370
  • Filename
    1449300