Development of a low-power high-sensitivity cloud profiling FM-CW radar at 95 GHz

2004 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 325-328

  Takano, Toshiaki ^a,b   Akita, Ken Ichi ^a   Kubo, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamura, Youhei ^a   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^b,c   Takamura, Tamio ^a,b   Nakanishi, Yuji ^d   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b,e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Communications Research Laboratory ^*

^d SciTech ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active Measurements of Clouds; Cloud Profiling Radar; Cloud Properties; FM CW Radar; Millimeter Wave Radar

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEASUREMENT OF CLOUDS; CLOUD PROFILING RADAR; CLOUD PROPERTIES; FM-CW RADAR; MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR;

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS;

RADAR;

EID: 20844446463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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