Multi-Frequency Synthetic Thinned Array Antenna for the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer

A C-band four-frequency resonant stacked-patch array antenna is developed for synthetic thinned aperture radiometer measurements of hurricane force wind speeds. This antenna is being integrated into an aircraft instrument referred to as the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD). Details of the antenn...

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Published inIEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 58; no. 8; pp. 2562 - 2570
Main Authors Bailey, M C, Amarin, R A, Johnson, J W, Nelson, P, James, M W, Simmons, D E, Ruf, C S, Jones, W L, Xun Gong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.08.2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Aircraft instruments
Antenna arrays
Antenna design
Antenna measurements
Antennas
Aperture antennas
Apertures
Arrays
Force measurement
Hurricanes
Imaging radiometers
Instruments
Microstrip antennas
multifrequency antennas
Radiometers
Radiometry
remote sensing
Resonance
stacked microstrip antennas
synthetic aperture imaging
Velocity measurement
Wind speed
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Summary:A C-band four-frequency resonant stacked-patch array antenna is developed for synthetic thinned aperture radiometer measurements of hurricane force wind speeds. This antenna is being integrated into an aircraft instrument referred to as the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD). Details of the antenna design are presented along with antenna performance tests and laboratory measurements using a full-scale prototype array with a subset model of the HIRAD instrument.
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ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2010.2050453