A digital controller for the Wave Propagation Laboratory's VHF and UHF wind-profiling radars

Details

• Personal Author:
  Moran, Ken
• Corporate Authors:
  Wave Propagation Laboratory
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Description:
  Principles are described for operation of a digital system that is used to control the operations of a multiple beam stratospherictropospheric (ST) radar system. The digital system, referred to as the radar controller, contains the digital logic for generating the ; necessary pulse sequences for modulation of the radar transmitter, gating the radar's receiver channels, and sequencing the antenna beams. The radar controller also performs digital-to-analog conversion and coherent averaging of the receiver necessary for signal detection in ST radars. The radar controller is controlled internally by a Z80 microprocessor, and the entire system functions as a peripheral device to a host minicomputer. Block diagrams and detailed circuit schematics for all the custom-designed electronics are included.
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum ERL WPL ; 119
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/32543/noaa_32543_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 133.02 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c81fcc0b4d89fa2eb19339a83d5984db57124caad9d1c048269e9f5069268a96