Design and implementation of a mechanical system for a ground based synthetic aperture radar with automatic antenna pointing: Preliminary results

Daniel Ortecho; Marco Milla; Saul Charapaqui; Edward Arboleda; Andre Florentino; Cesar De La Jara

doi:10.1109/ECON.2017.8247302

Design and implementation of a mechanical system for a ground based synthetic aperture radar with automatic antenna pointing: Preliminary results

Daniel Ortecho
, Marco Milla
, Saul Charapaqui
, Edward Arboleda
, Andre Florentino
, Cesar De La Jara

Jicamarca Radio Observatory

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Abstract

Melting of the snow covering the Andes mountains is a negative result of climate change. It affects the ecosystem that surrounds the snow peaks causing the loss of water resources the human life. Motivated by this situation, scientists are studying the variation of snow throughout seasons in the Andes. In order to contribute with this type of measurements, the Geophysical Institute of Peru is developing at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory a portable Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system that would be utilized to measure the variation of dry snow in the snowcapped mountains in Peru. The system will work in C-band and it will be able to operate in two different modes: Stripmap and Spotlight. In this work, we are presenting the SAR's design, specifically, the advances in the development of the horn antennas and the mechanical structure of the radar.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538622780
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECON.2017.8247302
State	Published - 28 Jun 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017 - Lima, Peru Duration: 22 Nov 2017 → 24 Nov 2017

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Name	Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017
Volume	2018-January

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Conference	2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017
Country/Territory	Peru
City	Lima
Period	22/11/17 → 24/11/17

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Ortecho, D., Milla, M., Charapaqui, S., Arboleda, E., Florentino, A., & De La Jara, C. (2017). Design and implementation of a mechanical system for a ground based synthetic aperture radar with automatic antenna pointing: Preliminary results. In Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017 (pp. 1-4). (Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017; Vol. 2018-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECON.2017.8247302

Ortecho, Daniel ; Milla, Marco ; Charapaqui, Saul et al. / Design and implementation of a mechanical system for a ground based synthetic aperture radar with automatic antenna pointing : Preliminary results. Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 1-4 (Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017).

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Ortecho, D, Milla, M, Charapaqui, S, Arboleda, E, Florentino, A & De La Jara, C 2017, Design and implementation of a mechanical system for a ground based synthetic aperture radar with automatic antenna pointing: Preliminary results. in Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017. Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017, vol. 2018-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-4, 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017, Lima, Peru, 22/11/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECON.2017.8247302

Design and implementation of a mechanical system for a ground based synthetic aperture radar with automatic antenna pointing: Preliminary results. / Ortecho, Daniel; Milla, Marco; Charapaqui, Saul et al.
Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1-4 (Proceedings of the 2017 Electronic Congress, E-CON UNI 2017; Vol. 2018-January).

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