A Method to Increase the Scanning Rate of Phased-Array Weather Radar

To increase the scanning rate of phased-array radar by a factor of two or more, the contiguous transmission of two or more pulses toward two or more directions and simultaneous reception of weather echoes from those directions is employed. However, if there are strong gradients of reflectivity, main...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing 2015-10, Vol.53 (10), p.5634-5643
Main Authors: Melnikov, V. M., Doviak, R. J., Zrnic, D. S.
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Couplings
Logic gates
Meteorological radar
Meteorology
Multiple-beam technique (MBT)
phased-array
Pollution measurement
super-fast scanning
Voltage measurement
weather radar
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Pollution measurement
super-fast scanning
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weather radar
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