2019/10/01 by Jorge L. Salazar-Cerreño, Tian‐You Yu, Matt McCord +9 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Precipitation Measurement and Analysis #Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
paper · doi:10.1109/past43306.2019.9021042
openalex publication_date 2019/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This paper describes the novel hybrid front-end beamforming architecture of a C-band mobile Polarimetric Atmospheric Imaging Radar (PAIR) system for weather applications. PAIR, a state-of-the-art radar on a mobile platform, will be shared with the scientific and radar communities to further research frontiers using its unprecedented high-temporal resolution and scanning flexibility. The system under development achieves dual polarization through novel polarimetric phased- array antenna design; improved detection capability through integrated solutions provided by solid state technology; faster update time through digital beamforming (DBF) in elevation; and a robust structure for fast deployment in severe weather. The concept and research applications and the development progress of PAIR will be reported in this paper.