SystemPowerReturnTarget {radar}

Power returned by target located at the center of the antenna beam pattern

Description

SystemPowerReturnTarget returns Power returned by target located at the center of the antenna beam pattern From Rinehart (1997), Eqn 4.7

Usage

SystemPowerReturnTarget(Pt, G, lam, sig, r)

Arguments

Pt

Transmitted power [W]

G

Antenna gain [dB]

lam

Radar wavelength [m]

sig

Backscattering cross-sectional area of target [m^2]

r

Distance to sample volume from radar [m]

Value

Pr

Power returned by target [m]

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet

R. E. Rinehart, 1997 Radar for Meteorologists Rinehart Publishing

References

Nick Guy, 2014 PyRadarMet - Python Fundamental Calculations in Radar Meteorology https://github.com/nguy/PyRadarMet

R. E. Rinehart, 1997 Radar for Meteorologists Rinehart Publishing