Distributed weather radar using X-band active arrays

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 21-26

  McLaughlin, David ^a,b   Knapp, Eric ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,c   Chandrasekar, V ^a,c  

^a Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ARRAYS; AIRBORNE HAZARDS; DENSE NETWORK; END-USERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONICS; LONG-RANGE RADARS; LOW POWER; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; PEAK POWER; RADAR DATA; SHORT-RANGE RADARS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; WEATHER RADARS;

ANTENNAS; CURVE FITTING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INFORMATION SERVICES; RADAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STORMS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 69649101153     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2009.5208556     Document Type: Article

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