The recent decade has brought rapid development in solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) technology. This has enabled the use of solid-state precipitation radar in place of high-power and high-voltage systems such as those that use Klystron or Magnetron transmitters. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has recently completed a comprehensive redesign of the 94 gigahertz Cloud Radar System (CRS) to incorporate a solid-state transmitter. It is the first cloud radar to achieve sensitivity comparable to that of a high-voltage transmitter using solid-state. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Cloud Radar System (CRS) is a 94 gigahertz Doppler radar that flies on the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft. The upgraded CRS system utilizes a state-of-the-art solid-state 94 gigahertz power amplifier with a peak transmit power of 30 watts. The modernized CRS system is detailed here with data results from its deployment during the 2014 Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEX).
Solid-State Cloud Radar System (CRS) Upgrade and Deployment
2015
10 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather Forecasting , Natural Resources & Earth Sciences , Communication , Solid state devices , Clouds (meteorology) , Calibrating , Data sampling , Meteorological radar , Airborne radar , Radar transmitters , Power amplifiers , Reflector antennas , Deployment , Frequencies , Sensitivity , Spatial resolution , Precipitation (meteorology) , Doppler radar , Radiometers , Ocean data acquisitions systems
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