Articles | Volume 15, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6181-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6181-2022
Research article
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26 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 26 Oct 2022

Improved spectral processing for a multi-mode pulse compression Ka–Ku-band cloud radar system

Han Ding, Haoran Li, and Liping Liu

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In this study, a framework for processing the Doppler spectra observations of a multi-mode pulse compression Ka–Ku cloud radar system is presented. We first proposed an approach to identify and remove the clutter signals in the Doppler spectrum. Then, we developed a new algorithm to remove the range sidelobe at the modes implementing the pulse compression technique. The radar observations from different modes were then merged using the shift-then-average method.
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