An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover
We present an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency-modulated (FM) microwave radar capable of preserving cm-scale vertical resolution from very long range (verified up to ~6 km). The system can operate either as a conventional frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar (2 GHz to 18 GHz) or in time-de...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:1841131 2023-07-30T04:01:42+02:00 An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando Leuschen, Carlton Carabajal, Calen L. Paden, John Wolf, J. Ambrose Garrison, Sean McDaniel, Jay W. 2023-02-06 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1841131 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1841131 https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2020.2982813 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1841131 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1841131 https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2020.2982813 doi:10.1109/tim.2020.2982813 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2023 ftosti https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2020.2982813 2023-07-11T10:09:37Z We present an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency-modulated (FM) microwave radar capable of preserving cm-scale vertical resolution from very long range (verified up to ~6 km). The system can operate either as a conventional frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar (2 GHz to 18 GHz) or in time-delayed stretch processing mode (2 GHz to 14 GHz), providing high sensitivity, fine range resolution and very low range sidelobes. We present an overview of the system and laboratory tests results to validate its performance. Furthermore, we tested the system’s ability to map snow cover thickness on Arctic marine ice as a practical demonstration of its capabilities. Furthermore, we present sample results from airborne measurements carried out at altitudes between ~500-m to ~6 km above ground level onboard a long-range fixed-wing platform. Other/Unknown Material Arctic SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Arctic IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 69 10 7761 7772 |
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando Leuschen, Carlton Carabajal, Calen L. Paden, John Wolf, J. Ambrose Garrison, Sean McDaniel, Jay W. An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover |
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We present an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency-modulated (FM) microwave radar capable of preserving cm-scale vertical resolution from very long range (verified up to ~6 km). The system can operate either as a conventional frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar (2 GHz to 18 GHz) or in time-delayed stretch processing mode (2 GHz to 14 GHz), providing high sensitivity, fine range resolution and very low range sidelobes. We present an overview of the system and laboratory tests results to validate its performance. Furthermore, we tested the system’s ability to map snow cover thickness on Arctic marine ice as a practical demonstration of its capabilities. Furthermore, we present sample results from airborne measurements carried out at altitudes between ~500-m to ~6 km above ground level onboard a long-range fixed-wing platform. |
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Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando Leuschen, Carlton Carabajal, Calen L. Paden, John Wolf, J. Ambrose Garrison, Sean McDaniel, Jay W. |
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Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando Leuschen, Carlton Carabajal, Calen L. Paden, John Wolf, J. Ambrose Garrison, Sean McDaniel, Jay W. |
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An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover |
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An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover |
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An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover |
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An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover |
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An Improved UWB Microwave Radar for Very Long-Range Measurements of Snow Cover |
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improved uwb microwave radar for very long-range measurements of snow cover |
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