Date of Award

Summer 2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Program/Concentration

Computer Engineering

Committee Director

Roland Wes Lawrence

Committee Member

Zia-ur-Rahman

Committee Member

Linda Vahala

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E55 S5155 2010

Abstract

The goal of the project is to develop and test a "model based" radar processing strategy that is compatible with the concept of a "cognitive radar". The basic approach will be to develop a cognitive radar algorithm (genetic algorithm) based on the capabilities of an existing commercially available Software Radio. While the focus of this effort is the development of a candidate approach for genetic algorithm, the longer term goal would be to implement the approach using this software radio technology to provide a low cost radar processor. The proposed technology would use differential absorption radar working at the 50-56 GHz O2 absorption band to estimate the surface level pressure. At these radar wavelengths, the reflection of the radar-echo from water surfaces is strongly attenuated by atmospheric column O2. Due to the uniform mixture of O2 gases within the atmosphere, the total atmospheric column O2 is proportional to atmospheric path lengths and the total atmospheric column air, and thus, to surface barometric pressures. A radar system that covers these wavelengths will have great potential for weather observations and other meteorological applications.

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DOI

10.25777/ratq-qy98

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