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Area Engineering
Simulator for the ESA Earth Explorer 11 program WIVERN mission for the study of winds in cloudy conditions
keywords DOPPLER, RADAR, RADARMETEOROLOGY, REMOTE SENSING, SIMULATION, WIND
Reference persons ALESSANDRO BATTAGLIA, SABRINA CORPINO
External reference persons FABRIZIO STESINA
Research Groups Telerilevamento di nubi e precipitazioni
Thesis type NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Description The WIVERN (WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope) mission, hinged upon a 94 GHz conically scanning Doppler radar for the measurement of horizontal winds, has been selected for Phase 0 studies in the ESA Earth Explorer program. By exploiting an End-to-End instrument simulator developed in matlab the instrument performances of wind measurements will be assessed. Particular attention will be given to at least two of the following aspects: uncertainties introduced by pointing, by wind shear, by non uniform beam filling and by cross-talk between the two polarization channels. WIVERN observations will be simulated via global meteorological outputs and rhigh spatial resolution regional models. Instrument performances will be discussed as a function of radar parameters like pulse length, incidence angle, antenna pattern, separation between pulses, sensitivity, etc.
Required skills Excellent programming level in Matlab / python.
Good knowledge of English (written and spoken).
Knowledge of weather and / or satellite orbits and / 0 radar and / or signal processing.
Deadline 03/07/2025
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