Entwicklung eines multistatischen kodierten CW-Radars mittels USRP zur Analyse der mittleren Atmosphäre

Abstract

Meteor radars are used for continuous atmospheric observations for many years. The collected data can be used to create wind fields in heights between 70 and 120 km, which can further be used in comparison with other types of measurments to conclude interactions between atmospheric layers like vertical waves. The goal of this thesis is therefore the development of a multistatic continuous-wave radar with pseudo random coding. The idea behind this is a radar network with multiple transmit and receive stations, which creates multiple baselines for meteor detection. With that the observable volume of the atmosphere is enlarged and additionally the system is modularly expandable by adding transmit or receive systems, which allows to increase the performance of the system by means of meteor rates easily in the long term.