A Buoy Mounted Wind Profiler for Remote Measurement of Ocean Winds

该提案描述了建造和测试用于海洋边界层遥感的浮标安装雷达(915兆赫)风廓线的计划。在第一阶段，PIS解决了各种技术挑战，包括开发两种算法来补偿雷达的浮标运动；开发一种新的天线设计，从单个平面孔径实现多波束和低副瓣；以及开发一种能够仅使用太阳能电池、蓄电池或小型丙烷发电机进行数月无人值守运行的雷达。PI要求资金开发所有剖面仪子系统的原型，在各种天气条件下在海上测试原型系统，使用气球发射的无线电探空仪验证原型系统的性能，并销售至少两种配置的MBL剖面仪。

This proposal describes plans to fabricate and test a buoy mounted radar (915 MHz) wind profiler for remote sensing of the marine boundary layer. During Phase I the PIs solved a variety of technical challenges, including the development of two algorithms to compensate the radar for buoy motion; development of a novel antenna design to achieve multiple beams and low sidelobes from a single, planar aperture; and development of a radar capable of unattended operation for periods of several months, using only solar cells, storage batteries, or a small propane generator. The PI requests funds to develop a prototype of all profiler subsystems, testing the prototype system at sea under a variety of weather conditions, validating the performance of the prototype system using balloon launched radiosondes, and marketing the MBL Profiler in at least two configurations.