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- Title
Orthogonal Channel Coding for Simultaneous Co- and Cross-Polarization Measurements.
- Authors
Chandrasekar, V.; Bharadwaj, Nitin
- Abstract
Dual-polarization weather radars typically measure the radar reflectivity at more than one polarization state for transmission and reception. Historically, dual-polarization radars have been operated at copolar and cross-polar states defined with respect to the transmit polarization states. Recently, based on the improved understanding of the propagation properties of electromagnetic waves in precipitation media, the simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) mode has become common to simplify the hardware. In the STAR mode of operation, horizontal and vertical polarization states are transmitted simultaneously and samples of both horizontal and vertical copolar returns are obtained. A drawback of the current implementation of STAR mode is its inability to measure parameters obtained from cross-polar signals such as linear depolarization ratio (LDR). In this paper, a technique to obtain cross-polar signals with STAR mode waveform is presented. In this technique, the horizontally and vertically polarized transmit waveforms are coded with orthogonal phase sequences. The performance of the phase-coded waveform is determined by the properties of the phase codes. This orthogonal phase coding technique is implemented in the Colorado State University–University of Chicago–Illinois State Water Survey (CSU–CHILL) radar. This paper outlines the methodology and presents the performance of the cross-polar and copolar parameter estimation based on the simulation as well as data collected from the CSU–CHILL radar.
- Subjects
CHICAGO (Ill.); ILLINOIS; COLORADO; WEATHER radar networks; POLARIZATION (Nuclear physics); ELECTROMAGNETIC waves; ILLINOIS State Water Survey (Company); UNIVERSITY of Chicago; COLORADO State University
- Publication
Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0739-0572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/2008JTECHA1101.1