Initial Observations With Electronic and Mechanical Scans Using a Cylindrical Polarimetric Phased Array Radar

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• Journal Title:
  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
• Personal Author:
  Li, Zhe ; Zhang, Guifu ; Golbon-Haghighi, Mohammad-Hossein ; Saeidi-Manesh, Hadi ; Herndon, Matthew ; Pan, Hong
• NOAA Program & Office:
  CIMMS (Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies)
• Description:
  This letter presents initial weather measurements with a cylindrical polarimetric phased array radar (CPPAR) demonstrator developed at The University of Oklahoma. The overall system specifications, waveform design, beam pattern measurement, and beam-to-beam calibration of the CPPAR demonstrator are presented. The weather observations of convective precipitation are provided, employing a single-beam mechanical scan and commutating beam electronic scan. Measurement results from these two scan modes are compared, and the error statistics are derived and discussed. A new feature of the CPPAR commutating beam electronic scan in clutter detection is observed and explained.
• Keywords:
  Calibration Mechanical Variables Measurement Meteorological Radar Meteorology Radar Polarimetry Sea Measurements Mechanical Variables Measurement Meteorological Radar Radar Polarimetry Sea Measurements
• Source:
   IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 18(2), 271-275
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2020.2971471
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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  urn:sha256:75f09ae89820d5786e504e4c66d43154c5114ed3df5d1ed603b848aabbda9e93
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/31721/noaa_31721_DS1.pdf
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