A Buoy Mounted Wind Profiler for Remote Measurement of Ocean Winds

本提案描述了用于海洋边界层遥感的浮标安装雷达（915 MHz）风廓线仪的制造和测试计划。在第一阶段，pi解决了各种技术挑战，包括开发两种算法来补偿浮标运动的雷达；一种新型天线设计的发展，以实现多波束和低副瓣从一个单一的平面孔径；开发一种雷达，可以在无人值守的情况下工作几个月，只使用太阳能电池、蓄电池或小型丙烷发电机。PI要求资金用于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，使用气球发射无线电探空仪验证原型系统的性能，并以至少两种配置销售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.