A multi-DSP signal processing and control system for MST radar

Abstract

This paper describes a signal processing and control system for atmospheric sounding rardars, with improved characteristics with respect to formerly used architectures. We refer especially to wind profiling as an important and interesting application. The system allows up to 4 receiver signals to be processed at the same time, with 60 range gates and 300 m height resolution. The use of two DSPs working in parallel allows the use of a single PC for real time data processing and system control. Some experimental results and reported.