SystemPowerReturnTarget: Power returned by target located at the center of the antenna...

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Source References

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Description

SystemPowerReturnTarget returns Power returned by target located at the center of the antenna beam pattern From Rinehart (1997), Eqn 4.7

Usage

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SystemPowerReturnTarget(Pt, G, lam, sig, r)

Arguments

Pt

Transmitted power [W]

G

Antenna gain [dB]

lam

Radar wavelength [m]

sig

Backscattering cross-sectional area of target [m^2]

r

Distance to sample volume from radar [m]

Value

Pr

Power returned by target [m]

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet

R. E. Rinehart, 1997 Radar for Meteorologists Rinehart Publishing

References

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet

R. E. Rinehart, 1997 Radar for Meteorologists Rinehart Publishing


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