An Efficient Adaptive Beamforming Technique with Pattern Control Ability

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Qu ◽  
Wee Ser ◽  
Zhenhai Shao ◽  
Masayuki Fujise
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Beamforming ◽  
Pattern Control ◽  
Beamforming Technique

scholarly journals Adaptive Beamforming Technique for Accurate Vertical Wind Measurements with Multichannel MST Radar

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1769-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Nishimura ◽  
Takuji Nakamura ◽  
Toru Sato ◽  
Kaoru Sato
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Adaptive Beamforming ◽  
Vertical Wind ◽  
Constrained Minimization ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Mst Radar ◽  
Vertical Beam ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Beamforming Technique

Abstract Aspect-sensitive backscattering of the atmosphere causes a small error in an effective line-of-sight direction in vertical beam observations leading to a serious degradation of vertical wind estimates due to contamination by horizontal wind components. An adaptive beamforming technique for a multichannel mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere (MST) radar is presented, which makes it possible to measure the vertical wind velocity with higher accuracy by adaptively generating a countersteered reception beam against an off-vertically shifted echo pattern. The technique employs the norm-constrained direction-constrained minimization of power (NC-DCMP) algorithm, which provides not only robustness but also higher accuracy than the basic direction-constrained minimization of power algorithm in realistic conditions. Although the technique decreases the signal-to-noise ratio, the ratio is controlled and bound at a specified level by the norm constraint. In the case that a decrease of −3 dB is acceptable in a vertical beam observation, for which usually a much higher signal-to-noise ratio is obtained than for oblique beams, the maximum contamination is suppressed to even for the most imbalanced aspect sensitivity.

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