Design and implementation of spaceborne terahertz cloud radar

Mingming Bian, Xichao Dong, Aiyan Guo, Zheng Lu, Kai Cui, Shitao Wang

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Abstract

Spaceborne cloud radar is a kind of active remote sensing instrument. It can achieve all-day, all-weather continuous observations of global cloud vertical structure and cloud liquid water, ice water content. Compared to the current millimeter-wave cloud radar, terahertz cloud radar has a higher sensitivity and a shorter wavelength which is closer to the cloud droplet size. The improved sensitivity is of great significance to detect the liquid water, ice water content of clouds with much lower sensitivity of-40dBZ. In this paper, researches are carried out on the spaceborne terahertz cloud radar design of system parameters and hardware implementation. The system demonstrations of the spaceborne cloud radar are presented, giving a case of operating parameters satisfying the detection requirements. The hardware implementations are proposed based on the radar operating parameters, along with the composition and performance requirements of each hardware subsystem in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 13th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages354-357
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9782874870453
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event13th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2016 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 5 Oct 20167 Oct 2016

Publication series

Name2016 13th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2016

Conference

Conference13th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period5/10/167/10/16

Keywords

  • Terahertz
  • cloud radar
  • spaceborne

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