SGER: Advanced Radar System

研究人员将设计和开发一个基于计算机的雷达模拟器，包括发射机、电离层散射和接收系统。该模拟器提供了一个框架，通过该框架，实验人员可以根据特定的电离层条件优化配置雷达系统。空间科学雷达社区长期需要更多训练有素的学生和科学雷达用户。先进雷达系统解决了这两个需求。如果成功，它可以在课堂环境中使用，学生可以交互式地修改系统的不同部分，并检查对接收到的雷达信号的最终影响。这是训练下一代雷达专家的极好方法。对于雷达用户，先进雷达系统提供了在实际实验之前以虚拟方式配置雷达操作模式的方法。这将使实验人员能够修改操作模式，以从观察中获得最佳结果。最后，拟议的系统可能最终取代现有和计划中的雷达系统中过时的硬件和软件。数字信号分析方法的多功能性将通过配置模拟器来重现简单调幅收音机的功能来演示。

The investigators will design and develop a computer-based radar simulator that includes the transmitter, ionospheric scattering, and receiver system. The simulator provides a framework by which experimenters can optimally configure a radar system for particular ionospheric conditions. There is a long-standing need in the space science radar community for more well-trained students and scientific radar users. The Advanced Radar System addresses both of those needs. If successful, it can be used in a classroom setting in which students can interactively modify different parts of the system and examine the resulting effect on the received radar signal. This is an excellent means for training the next generation of radar experts. For radar users, the Advance Radar System provides a means to configure a radar-operating mode in a virtual fashion prior to the actual experiment. This will enable the experimenter to modify the operating mode to gain the optimal results from the observations. Finally, the proposed system may eventually replace outdated hardware and software at existing and planned radar systems. The versatility of the digital approach to signal analysis will be demonstrated by configuring the simulator to reproduce the functions of a simple AM radio.