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Equatorial radar system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Rukao, S. Tsuda, T. Sato, T. Kato, S. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | A large clear air radar with the sensitivity of an incoherent scatter radar for observing the whole equatorial atmosphere up to 1000 km altitude is now being designed in Japan. The radar, called the Equatorial Radar, will be built in Pontianak, Kalimantan Island, Indonesia (0.03 N, 109.3 E). The system is a 47 MHz monostatic Doppler radar with an active phased array configuration similar to that of the MU radar in Japan, which has been in successful operation since 1983. It will have a PA product of more than 5 x 10(9) sq. Wm (P = average transmitter power, A = effective antenna aperture) with sensitivity more than 10 times that of the MU radar. This system configuration enables pulse-to-pulse beam steering within 25 deg from the zenith. As is the case of the MU radar, a variety of sophisticated operations will be made feasible under the supervision of the radar controller. A brief description of the system configuration is presented. |
| File Size | 103562 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890020486 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8cg4mg7v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Phased Arrays Middle Atmosphere Radar Antennas Doppler Radar Radar Transmitters Radar Imagery Equatorial Atmosphere Radar Measurement Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
