Experimental Capabilities

  • Fully active phased array having 475 3-Element Yagi antennas with 25 sub-array.
  • Each sub-array containing 19 TRMs; Each TRM transmitting a peak power of 2KW at 53MHz with a band width of 3 MHz
  • Unique facility at this frequency in the entire eastern and northest India & in the Southest Asian longitute Sector
  • Radar area spread over 7000 sq.m. and Radar spread over 8 acres
  • Developed as a National Facility remote access Capability

ST RADAR  ARRAY With Near-Circular Shape

Performance Parameters

Performance Parameters

Height coverage

0.5-20km for 90% of time

 Height resolution

i)       50m up to 3km

ii)150m from 3-20km

Horizontal wind velocity

1-70m/s

 Vertical wind velocity

0.1-30m/s

Time resolution

5-15min for full profile

Average power aperture product

3×108 Wm2

Digital receiver has 25 channels – first in India – Huge challenge for data throughput and storage