Weather Radar Basics
10 June 2003 |RADAR: Radio Detection And Ranging
Transmitter – generates the microwave signal of the correct phase and amplitude. For a weather radar, the wavelength of the signal is ~ 10cm
Antenna – the main purpose of the antenna (also called the “dish”) is to focus the transmitted power into a small beam and also to listen and collect the returned signal
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