Print Email Facebook Twitter Design of a High Resolution X-band Doppler Polarimetric Weather Radar Title Design of a High Resolution X-band Doppler Polarimetric Weather Radar Author Figueras i Ventura, J. Contributor Russchenberg, H.W.J. (promotor) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Telecommunications Date 2009-11-16 Abstract The impact of the increase in anthropogenic aerosols on the global climate and the precipitation cycle is not yet fully understood. One of the reasons for that is the lack of sound measurements. In particular, high temporal and spatial resolution measurements of precipitation, coupled with measurements from other instruments, would be desired to better understand such complex processes. IRCTR has design a high resolution X-band Doppler Polarimetric Weather Radar called IDRA (IRCTR Drizzle Radar) to perform such measurements. The radar is placed on top of a 213 m high meteorological tower in the CESAR Observatory (Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research) in Cabauw. The large range of instruments available on the site allow exploiting the synergies between them, greatly enhancing the capabilities of each individual instrument. This thesis describes the sort of measurements that can be performed using weather radar. It discusses in detail the radar principles and the design of the IDRA system in particular. It also analyzes several signal processing techniques implemented in the system. Finally, some study cases paramount of the capabilities of the system are presented. In conclusion, a new weather radar system providing unique data has been designed and its performance analyzed. The data is freely available to the whole scientific community. Subject weather radar To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d90b9ad6-237b-435d-9dc5-5660d9e7fbdd Embargo date 2009-11-16 ISBN 9789090247595 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2009 Figueras i Ventura, J. Files PDF MainText_Thesis.pdf 12.46 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d90b9ad6-237b-435d-9dc5-5660d9e7fbdd/datastream/OBJ/view