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Observations and Design Considerations for Spaceborne Pulse Compression Weather Radar by Beauchamp, Robert M., Tanelli, Simone, Sy, Ousmane O.

“…Pulse compression has enabled a new generation of low-cost and compact spaceborne weather radar systems. To successfully utilize pulse compression techniques…”
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Can Airborne Ground Penetrating Radars Explore Groundwater in Hyper-Arid Regions? by Beauchamp, Robert M., Arumugam, Darmindra D., Burgin, Mariko S., Bush, Jack D., Khazendar, Ala, Gim, Yonggyu, Almorqi, Sultan, Almalki, Majed, Almutairi, Yasir A., Alsama, Ali A., Alanezi, Abdulrahman G.

“…Groundwater provides roughly 43% of the water used globally for irrigated agriculture. Understanding, predicting, and managing the environmental processes that…”
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Suppressing Wind Turbine Signatures in Weather Radar Observations by Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V.

“…Unwanted radar echoes, colloquially referred to as "clutter," impede the mission effectiveness of radar systems. Depending on radar's application, clutter…”
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Characterization and Modeling of the Wind Turbine Radar Signature Using Turbine State Telemetry by Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V.

“…Wind turbine observations and characterization efforts have treated the wind turbine as a noncooperative target. Similarly, suppression of the turbine's radar…”
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Dual-Polarization Radar Characteristics of Wind Turbines With Ground Clutter and Precipitation by Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V.

“…The demand for renewable power production has fostered an exponential increase in the size and number of wind turbines. This expanding source of power…”
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Pulse Compression Waveform and Filter Optimization for Spaceborne Cloud and Precipitation Radar by Beauchamp, Robert M., Tanelli, Simone, Peral, Eva, Chandrasekar, V.

“…The optimal design of pulse compression waveform/filter pairs for use with near-nadir spaceborne radar in low earth orbit for the observation of clouds and…”
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Vertical Air Motions and Raindrop Size Distributions Estimated Using Mean Doppler Velocity Difference From 3- and 35-GHz Vertically Pointing Radars by Williams, Christopher R., Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V.

“…Vertical profiles of vertical air motion and raindrop size distributions (DSDs) within stratiform rain are estimated using two collocated vertically pointing…”
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Robust Linear Depolarization Ratio Estimation for Dual-Polarization Weather Radar by Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V.

“…Linear depolarization ratio (LDR) is often difficult to measure in low and moderate signal-to-noise ratio conditions because the cross-polar echo power is…”
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A G-Band Doppler Radar for Atmospheric Profiling by Socuellamos, Juan M., Rodriguez Monje, Raquel, Cooper, Ken B., Lebsock, Matthew D., Nagaraja, Srinivas P. M., Siles, Jose V., Beauchamp, Robert M., Tanelli, Simone

“…The development of radar systems operating at G-band (110-300 GHz) with small size, weight, and power requirements can offer new possibilities for probing…”
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Overview of the D3R Observations during the IFloodS Field Experiment with Emphasis on Rainfall Mapping and Microphysics by Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V., Chen, Haonan, Vega, Manuel

“…The NASA dual-frequency, dual-polarization Doppler radar (D3R) was deployed as part of the GPM Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) ground validation field campaign…”
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Dynamics and Control of Helical Arrays in Low Earth Orbit by Apa, Riccardo, Quadrelli, Marco B., Beauchamp, Robert M.

“…Spacecraft formation flying is an anticipated critical technology, needed to enhance astrophysical and science missions in near-Earth and interplanetary…”
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Salient features of the dual-frequency, dual-polarized, Doppler radar for remote sensing of precipitation by Vega, Manuel A., Chandrasekar, V., Carswell, James, Beauchamp, Robert M., Schwaller, Mathew R., Nguyen, Cuong

“…The global precipitation measurement (GPM) mission is an international satellite mission to obtain accurate observations of precipitation on a global scale…”
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Multifrequency radar observations of marine clouds during the EPCAPE campaign by Socuellamos, Juan M, Rodriguez Monje, Raquel, Lebsock, Matthew D, Cooper, Ken B, Beauchamp, Robert M, Umeyama, Arturo

“…The Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) was a year-round campaign conducted by the US Department of Energy at the Scripps…”
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A compact W-band breadboard radar for Atmospheric Measurements by Monje, Raquel Rodriguez, Beauchamp, Robert M., Cooper, Ken B., Joshi, Shivani, Tanelli, Simone

“…We present the W-band channel breadboard and first-light measurements of a new atmospheric profiling radar, called CloudCube. CloudCube is intended to be a…”
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SFMCW Orthogonal Wave Beamforming Concept for Distributed Orbital Sounding by Bienert, Nicole, Haynes, Mark S., Schroeder, Dustin M., Beauchamp, Robert M.

“…Studies of sea level rise, ice sheet mass loss, and other glacial processes are hindered by the sparsity of observational measurements. Orbital radar sounding…”
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Wide-band Planar Dipole Antennas for Earth and Planetary Science Applications by Focardi, Paolo, Beauchamp, Robert M., Horst, Stephen J., Lavalle, Marco, Nunes, Daniel C., Shenoy, Tushar

“…Dipole antennas are well known and are used for a variety of applications in many different shapes and forms. Wide-band planar dipole antennas, in particular,…”
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Debris: Distributed Element Beamformer Radar for Ice and Subsurface Sounding by Haynes, Mark S., Beauchamp, Robert M., Khazendar, Ala, Mazouz, Rayan, Quadrelli, Marco B., Focardi, Paolo, Hodges, Richard E., Bertiger, William, Bienert, Nicole

“…The innovations in high-performance, low-power electronics and low-cost space access are unlocking affordable distributed radar systems and new remote sensing…”
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RainCube and its legacy for the next generation of spaceborne cloud and precipitation radars by Tanelli, Simone, Peral, Eva, Im, Eastwood, Sanchez-Barbetty, Mauricio, Beauchamp, Robert M., Monje, Raquel Rodriguez

“…The multidimensional challenge of observing cloud and precipitation processes from space has motivated and focused a number of technological developments in…”
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Real-Time Noise Estimation and Correction in Dual-Polarization Radar Systems by Beauchamp, Robert M., Chandrasekar, V.

“…Accurate noise-power estimation in dual-polarization weather radar is necessary for the correction of all power-based moments in low signal-to-noise ratio…”
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Cloud Dynamics Revealed by a G-band Humidity-Sounding Differential Absorption Radar by Cooper, Ken B., Beauchamp, Robert M., Roy, Richard J., Millan, Luis, Lebsock, Matthew D., Monje, Raquel Rodriguez

“…VIPR, Vapor Inside-cloud Profiling Radar, is a low peak power cloud radar operating over 167-174.8 GHz, which is on the flank of the 183 GHz water vapor…”
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