Meteor 500
Description
The powerful, high-precision METEOR 500 Doppler radar is particularly used in tropical regions with extremely heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms providing reliable, high-resolution data at real-time equivalent update rates to support online weather analysis and short - term forecasting.
- Meteor 500 C (former so-called “ C-Band”) 5,45 - 5,82 GHz
- Meteor 500 S (former so-called “ S-Band”) 2,7 - 2,9 GHz Notice: S band radars (frequencies are so-called E-Band now) are used in the tropics because they can see beyond a severe storm
The METEOR 500 is using a magnetron- based transmitter, coherent-on-receive Doppler technique and a digital receiver.
Specifications
| Specifications | Meteor 500 C | Meteor 500 S |
|---|---|---|
| frequency: | 5.45 - 5.82 GHz | 2.7 - 2.9 GHz |
| pulse repetition time (PRT): | ||
| pulse repetition frequency (PRF): | 200 - 1200 Hz | 250 - 1200 Hz |
| pulsewidth (τ): | 0,5 - 2 µs | 0,8 - 2 µs |
| receive time: | ||
| dead time: | ||
| peak power: | 250 kW | 600 kW |
| average power: | ||
| instrumented range: | 500 km | |
| range resolution: | 62,5 m | 62.5 m |
| accuracy: | ||
| beamwidth: | 1° | 1° |
| antenna rotation: | 10 … 30 s | 10 … 30 s |
| MTBCF: | ||
| MTTR: |