Stratosphere Troposphere Radar
Projects >> Stratosphere Troposphere Radar
Upcoming stratosphere troposphere (ST) RADAR at ARIES Nainital will operate at 206.5 MHz center frequency covering a bandwidth of 5MHz.
Salient features includes :
- Active Phased Array, Circular Aperture, Triangular grid of 588 individual 3-elements Yagi's
- Provides both DBS & SAD mode of operation
| MODE | Height Coverage | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| DBS-1/SAD mode | 0.5-5 km | 75m to 150m |
| DBS-2 mode | 5km - 20km | 300m |
- Coherent 588 solid state T/R modules with peak power of - 400 Watt
- Direct RF signal Digitization with baseband sampling
- Advanced 4-channel digital Rx - having 16 bit ADC and Vertex-5 FPGA
- Control Area Network(CAN) based beam steering and control
- NAS Box storage in NetCDF format
