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Interferometer applications of vhf radars, part 3.6a
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Rottger, J. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | Using a spaced antenna setup of a VHF radar, the spatial distribution of amplitudes and phases of the radar echoes from the troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere can be measured. Combining in a suitable analysis procedure the complex digital samples from the different receiving antennas is consistent with the radar interferometer method. In addition to the well-known parameters measured with the commonly applied Doppler and drifts methods, i.e., reflectivity and mean fluctuation velocity, the interferometer technique allows to measure the regular spectrum of the returns. This technique, which was first applied with the spaced antenna system of the SOUSY-VHF-Radar in W. Germany, as well as some first examples of results are described here. These comprise the measurements of the horizontal and vertical velocities of the mean flow as well as of turbulence structures, the aspect sensitivity and the tilt of layers from which the baroclinicity can be estimated. Particularly, results of interferometer measurements of the vertical and horizontal phase velocities and wavelengths of gravity waves in the stratosphere are displayed. The latter results are also discussed in terms of the generation and propagation of these waves. |
| File Size | 520931 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850024184 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t94797b0q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Accuracy Wave Propagation Spatial Distribution Very High Frequencies Radar Echoes Doppler Radar Velocity Measurement Spacetennas Gravity Waves Radio Interferometers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
