Table 1 Technical specifications of the operational ST system
From: Stratospheric tropospheric wind profiling radars in the Australian network
Parameter | ATRAD operational STP |
|---|---|
Power | 80 kW (24 4 kW modules, i.e., 96 kW at the transmitter) |
Operating frequency | 55 MHz |
Antenna configuration | 144 Yagi antennas, arranged in a 12 × 12 square grid. |
Radar receiver | One coherent (complex) radar receiver channel |
Data acquisition | Virtex-4 FPGA; 16-bit native digitization |
Analysis modes | Doppler |
Remote control | Remote monitoring and control via internet, Ethernet or dialup |
Data output | ATRAD data format (raw and analyzed) and BUFR format (as individual or averaged profiles) |
Sampling range | User configurable, suggested settings are from 0.2 to 20 km |
Range resolution | User configurable from 100 to 1200 m. Standard settings are 250 m (low mode) and 500 m (high mode) |