Radar Ice Sounder with Parallel Doppler Processing

Reference#: P01422

A radar ice sounder, which employs parallel Doppler processing, obtains more reliable and accurate radar ice sounding. The invention uses both incoherent and coherent techniques, in the same paradigm, to achieve simultaneously high Signal-to-Noise Ratio, high Signal-to-Speckle standard deviation Ratio, and high Signal-to-Cutter Ratio.

Patent Status: U.S. patent(s) 6,188,348 issued. International patents issued.