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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mancini, Alessio
• Salazar, Jorge L.
• Lebrón, Rodrigo M.
• Cheong, Boon Leng

Titel

A Novel Instrument for Real-Time Measurement of Attenuation of Weather Radar Radome Including Its Outer Surface. Part II: Applications

Ist Teil von

• Journal of atmospheric and oceanic technology, 2018-05, Vol.35 (5), p.975-991

Ort / Verlag

Boston: American Meteorological Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract The concept and theory of a novel instrument to characterize the radio frequency performance of a radome under different conditions, including dirtiness, wetness, and varying temperature, was presented and discussed in Part I. The proposed concept estimates the transmittance through the radome using the reflected signal, directly measured, and an algorithm to evaluate the water absorption on the radome surface. In this second part of the paper, the proposed concept was employed to characterize the radome of an operative X-band weather radar in both dry and wet conditions.