Inventors:
James C. Fowler - Burke VA
Howard S. Wheatley - Alexandria VA
John L. Davis - Fairfax VA
Assignee:
Xadar Corporation - Springfield VA
International Classification:
G01S 728, G01S 732
Abstract:
The invention includes a method and apparatus for detecting geophysical phenomena by the use of a synthetic pulse radar. A radar transmitter generates a plurality of component signals of different frequencies which approximate at least a portion of the Fourier transform of a radar short pulse. These component signals are transmitted simultaneously for modulation by the geophysical phenomena, and the modulated component signals are substantially simultaneously received in a receiver. The receiver divides the component signals, and as to each determines representative parameters. The invention also includes a heterodyne receiver which operates with a fixed IF frequency and incorporates a single frequency quadrature system.