12.07.2015 Views

Proceedings with Extended Abstracts (single PDF file) - Radio ...

Proceedings with Extended Abstracts (single PDF file) - Radio ...

Proceedings with Extended Abstracts (single PDF file) - Radio ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS
  • No tags were found...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

SNR condition is always difficult and leading to erroneous estimation of moments. Todemonstrate the capability and advantageous of this method, analysis is carried out <strong>with</strong>multitaper spectral estimate on MST radar signals.Observation and ResultsMST radar at Gadanki (13.5°N, 79.2°E) is operated on 11 April and 10 May 2002<strong>with</strong> 6 beam directions (Zenith-X, Zenith-Y in vertical and East, West, North, South direction<strong>with</strong> 10 deg from vertical) in high-resolution mode to receive the atmospheric data. This datais subjected to the analysis based on multitaper and normal windowing (rectangular) spectralestimation. For multitaper spectral estimation 3 rd order taper is used, which is found to beoptimum in this case. After removing the noise [Hildebrand and Sekhon, 1974], the firstthree order moments are estimated from the spectrum using the expressions given byWoodman [1985].Figure 1a1 and 1a2 shows the power spectrum obtained using multi taper andrectangular window on 10 May 2002. This day, the radar echoes were reasonably strong andable to see the data up to 23 km in the case of multi taper spectral estimate and up to 22 Kmin the case of rectangular window method. Figure 1b1 and 1b2 shows the data on 11April2002, analyzed <strong>with</strong> the multi taper and rectangular window respectively. This day the radarechoes were very weak and trace is visible only up to 20 Km <strong>with</strong> intermittent breaks. In bothcases the multitaper based power spectrum is better visible. In multitaper spectrum the noisefluctuations are very less and the echoes are less compared to that of power spectrumobtained through rectangular window. This shows that multitaper spectral estimation isworking in a higher SNR regime and the signal detectability is improved by this method. Themethod is applied to data obtained through other beam directions also. Similar result isobserved in all cases.Figure 1 power spectrum obtained through (a1)Multitaper order-3, (a2) rectangular window on 10May2002, (b1) same as that of (a1) but on 11 April 2002, 9b2) same as that of (a2) but on 11April 2002The above data further analyzed to estimate the first three order moments such aspower (SNR), Doppler and Doppler width. Figure 2a1 and 2a2 shows the mean Dopplerobtained from the power spectrum for the west beam on 10 May <strong>with</strong> Multitaper andrectangular window respectively. The mean Doppler is obtained from 15 minutes observation131

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!