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A study on the performance analysis of a weather radar using an adaptive array antenna

적응배열 안테나를 이용한 기상레이다 성능분석에 관한 연구

  • Published : 1998.08.01
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Abstract

It is very essential to remove a strong ground clutter and moving clutter for an extraction of accurate information from a Doppler weather radar. Therefore, this paper proposed the use of an adaptive array antenna to overcome the shortages of a conventional weather radar. In the first, a simulation method was suggested for the generation of clutter and weather signals. Using these data, the performance of a weather radar was analyzed under various conditions. It is shown that the quality of pulse-pair estimates was greatly improved from the simulation results.

기상레이다로 정확한 정보를 추출하기 위해서는 강력한 지표면 및 이동 클러터의 제거가 매우 중요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 기존의 기상레이다의 단점을 극복하기 위하여 적응배열 안테나의 적용을 제안하였다. 우선 모의 클러터 및 기상신호를 효율적으로 발생시키는 방법을 제시하였으며 이러한 데이터를 이용하여 제안된 기상레이다의 성능정도를 분석하였다. 이러한 모의실험을 통해 기상정보 추출을 위한 펄스페어 추정치의 정확도가 비약적으로 향상될 수 있음을 보였다.

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