Articles | Volume 9, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016
Research article
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08 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2016

An integrated approach to monitoring the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars

Mattia Vaccarono, Renzo Bechini, Chandra V. Chandrasekar, Roberto Cremonini, and Claudio Cassardo

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The data quality of radars must be ensured and continuously monitored. The aim of this paper is to provide an integrated approach able to monitor the calibration of operational dual-polarization radars. The set of methods considered appears suitable to establish an online tool to monitor the stability of the radar calibration with an accuracy of about 2 dB. This is considered adequate to automatically detect any unexpected change in the radar system requiring further investigations.