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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center Status of the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) 1 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2 Remote Sensing Solutions, Barnstable, MA 3 University of Maryland Baltimore, MD 4 University of Mass., Amherst, MA 5 Welch Mechanical Designs, Havre de Grace, MD Gerald Heymsfield 1 , James Carswell 2 , Lihua Li 3 , Dan Schaubert 4 , Justin Creticos 4 , Manuel Vega 1 , Wayne Welch 5

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Status of the High-Altitude Imaging Windand Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)

1Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2Remote Sensing Solutions, Barnstable, MA 3University of Maryland Baltimore, MD 4University of Mass., Amherst, MA 5Welch Mechanical Designs, Havre de Grace, MD

Gerald Heymsfield1, James Carswell2, Lihua Li3, Dan Schaubert4, Justin Creticos4, Manuel Vega1,

Wayne Welch5

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

HIWRAP CONCEPT

NASA Global Hawk: 18 km altitude. > 24 hour missions.

HIWRAP Characteristics: Conically scanning. Simultaneous Ku/Ka-band &two beams @30 and 40 deg Precipitation & clouds astracers. Ocean scatterometry.

MEASUREMENTS GOAL: Provide horizontal windsin precipitation regions and ocean surface windsin clear to light rain regions

MEASUREMENT TARGET: Hurricanes and severeweather events.

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HIWRAP Retrieval MethodHIWRAP Retrieval Method

• Provides independentradial windmeasurements atmultiple azimuth anglesand two incidence angleswithin grid volume. Fromwhich the wind vectorcan be calculated.

• Tradeoff studydetermined Ku and Ka-band and 30 and 40 degare the best choice tomaximize number of“good” retrievals.

Two look angles and two frequencies

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System Specifications

Specifications Parameters

Ku-band Ka-band

RF Frequency (GHz)

Inner Beam: 13.910

Outer Beam: 13.350

Inner Beam: 35.560

Outer Beam: 33.720

Peak Transmit Power (W) 30 10

3dB Beam Width (o) 2.9 1.2

Polarization Vertical (inner beam),

Horizontal (outer beam)

Min . Detect. Reflectivity (dBZ e, 60 m res . 10 km )

0.0 -5.0

Dynamic Range (dB) > 65

Doppler Velocity (ms-1)

0-150 ( Uncertainty < 2 ms -1 for SNR>10)

Scanning Conical Scan, 10 rpm

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Design Goal: Global Hawk

Global Hawk “deep” radome

HIWRAP scanner

Global Hawk is beingconsidered by NASA forhurricane science missionsand by NOAA for routinemonitoring.

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Current Effort: WB57 Aircraft

Bottom view of pallet &radomeSide view of pallet &

instrument

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

HIWRAP Development Challenges

• High Altitude UAS (Global Hawk) Platform– High altitude, unpressurized environment.– Limited space, weight and power.– Autonomous operations with limited communications.

• Antenna– Size and weight constraints require single aperture– Dual frequency, dual beam

• Transceiver– High sensitivity, solid-state design.– Support simultaneous, multiple beam transmit and receive.– Single aperture, no blind regions.

• Digital Receiver & Processor– Very high input data rate (> 1 Gb/s)– Pulse compression implementation.– Real-time Doppler processing for data reduction.– Network-based communications.

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•Ka-Band Transceiver•Ku-Band Transceiver•LO/IF•Digital Receiver/Processor•Antenna Drive•Data System•IMU (navigation)

HIWRAP Subsystems

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HIWRAP Scanner Assembly

IF/LODigital Receiver

Antenna Drive

Antenna Feeds

Ku-band TransceiverKa-band Transceiver

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Antenna Development

Antenna Performance Goals

Frequencies (GHz) 13.35, 13.91,

33.72, 35.56

Number of beams at each band 2

3 dB Beamwidth < 3.25° (Ku)

< 1.35° (Ka)

Relative Sidelobe level <-22 dB

Incidence angle separation 10°

Incidence angles 30° and 40°

Beam/Polarization Inner/Horizontal

Outer/Vertical

Minimum Return Loss 18 dB

Minnimum bandwidth at each

frequency

100 MHz

–Single aperture–Simultaneous operation at Ku and Ka-band & two beams.–Limited available height.

Antenna design andfeed developmentby UMass/CASCA

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Antenna Status

HIWRAP antenna mounted in Goddard compact range. Single HIWRAP Ku/Ka-band feed.

Reflector

• 20” diameter AL reflector

• Weighs ~17 lbs

• Surface finish < 5 mils

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Antenna Status

Radome ~50” diam.

Dual feeds

•HIWRAP feeds and reflector fabricated andtested

•Measured and simulated performance agrees well

•Antenna ready for final integration into aircraftflight frame.

•Future: radome testing, final support structuretests

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Antenna Performance

Justin Creticos PhD DissertationUniversity of Massachusetts

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Ka-band Transceiver

Ka-band Power AMP• 33.0-36.0 GHz• 10 watts RF average power• Internal RF switching (10 nsec)• Noise output -174 dB/Hz when Tx signal not present• Operates up to 65 kft• 28 VDC power supplyKa-band Switch PA

Assembly

Ka-band Lo

block

Ka-band receiver

assembly

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Ka-Band Test Assembly

Power Amplifiers

Bottom View

Side View

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Ku-Band Transceiver

Ku-band PA• 13.0-14.0 GHz• 25 watts RF averagepower.

• Ultra efficiency• Operates up to 65 kft• 28 VDC power supply

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Ku-Band Transceiver

HIWRAP Ku-band transceiver

assembly CAD layout

HIWRAP Ku-band transceiver

test assembly

Calibration & noise

injection module

Receiver module

Up-converter module

Power Amplifier

& 28VDC Supply

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Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTimingControl

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

• Versatile transmission waveform generation: dual PRF, linear FM chirp pulse and frequency diversity, pulse amplitude tapering for range sidelobe reduction

• Software controlled timing source for the digital receiver, transmitter and RF switches

HIWRAP Tx Waveform

t

(a)

T

PRT

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTiming Control

• Compact, custom board built to achieve high speedprogramming of DDS plus software controlledtiming

• Consists of AD9959 DDS and Cyclone II FPGAwith an RS232 interface

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTiming Control

• Status– Board design and fabrication is complete– Electrical testing and debugging is 90%

complete– Dual PRF, linear FM and frequency

diversity waveform generation is 75%complete

– Amplitude control algorithm is currentlyunder development

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

HIWRAP IF/LO Enclosure

IF up/down converter

Power converter module

Power distribution module

Local oscillator module

Fiber to Ethernet

House keeping sensor moduleDDS boards

•IF boards in evaluation

•Enclosure in design

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Digital Receiver & Processor - Challenges

• High Altitude Operations- Environment (temperature & pressure).- Autonomous operation (little to no operator interaction).- Redundancy / high availability.- Embedded, standalone system.

• Real-time Processing- High input data rate – 8,960 Megabits/sec- Implement pulse compression (up to 30 dB & 16 independentsub channels).- Real-time Doppler processing for data reduction.- Network-based communications

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Digital Receiver & Processor

Subsystems:

• Digital Receiver Module (DRM)- Based on Virtex-5 SX95T FPGA.- Implements Digital Receivers and Match Filters.

- Same board can be reconfigured as an APM.

• Algorithm Processing Module (APM)- Based on Virtex-5 SX95T FPGA.- Implements Pulse-Pair processing.

• Network Processing Module (NPM)- Based on PowerQUICC II Processor- Serves as controller and communications processor.

• Switch Fabric Board•Provides communication between NPM and APMs / DRMs.

Card cage conforms to 3U

CompactPCI form factor.

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Processing & Communication Bus (i.e. custombackplane)

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x8

APM

0

APM

1

APM

2

APM

3

NPM

DRM

0

DRM

1

DRM

2

DRM

3

SF

M

High Speed Dedicated Processing Bus Communication Serial I/O (PCIe) Bus

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Digital Subsystem Status

• Adhoc system that can support a single IF channelis operating now.

• Signal integrity analysis and layout of backplaneunderway.

• Targeted completion of baseline digital/IFsubsystem August 2008.

• Flight board completion October 2008

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Scanner Assembly

Fiberoptic rotaryjoint, slip ring,scanner, assembly

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Summary

• Test flights are planned for HIWRAP in January2009 after instrument completion.

• Many technical challenges will have been met thatare related to solid state transmitter/pulsecompression approach, operating conditions, andsize/weight constraints.

• New capability provided by HIWRAP will enhancehurricane research and routine hurricanemonitoring.

• Future challenges: real time data processing anddownlink of products.

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BACKUP SLIDES

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Status of the High-Altitude Imaging Windand Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)

1Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2Remote Sensing Solutions, Barnstable, MA 3University of Maryland Baltimore, MD 4University of Mass., Amherst, MA 5Welch Mechanical Designs, Havre de Grace, MD

Gerald Heymsfield1, James Carswell2, Lihua Li3, Dan Schaubert4, Justin Creticos4, Manuel Vega1,

Wayne Welch5

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

HIWRAP CONCEPT

NASA Global Hawk: 18 km altitude. > 24 hour missions.

HIWRAP Characteristics: Conically scanning. Simultaneous Ku/Ka-band &two beams @30 and 40 deg Precipitation & clouds astracers. Ocean scatterometry.

MEASUREMENTS GOAL: Provide horizontal windsin precipitation regions and ocean surface windsin clear to light rain regions

MEASUREMENT TARGET: Hurricanes and severeweather events.

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

HIWRAP Retrieval MethodHIWRAP Retrieval Method

• Provides independentradial windmeasurements atmultiple azimuth anglesand two incidence angleswithin grid volume. Fromwhich the wind vectorcan be calculated.

• Tradeoff studydetermined Ku and Ka-band and 30 and 40 degare the best choice tomaximize number of“good” retrievals.

Two look angles and two frequencies

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

System Specifications

Specifications Parameters

Ku-band Ka-band

RF Frequency (GHz)

Inner Beam: 13.910

Outer Beam: 13.350

Inner Beam: 35.560

Outer Beam: 33.720

Peak Transmit Power (W) 30 10

3dB Beam Width (o) 2.9 1.2

Polarization Vertical (inner beam),

Horizontal (outer beam)

Min . Detect. Reflectivity (dBZ e, 60 m res . 10 km )

0.0 -5.0

Dynamic Range (dB) > 65

Doppler Velocity (ms-1)

0-150 ( Uncertainty < 2 ms -1 for SNR>10)

Scanning Conical Scan, 10 rpm

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Design Goal: Global Hawk

Global Hawk “deep” radome

HIWRAP scanner

Global Hawk is beingconsidered by NASA forhurricane science missionsand by NOAA for routinemonitoring.

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Current Effort: WB57 Aircraft

Bottom view of pallet &radomeSide view of pallet &

instrument

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

HIWRAP Development Challenges

• High Altitude UAS (Global Hawk) Platform– High altitude, unpressurized environment.– Limited space, weight and power.– Autonomous operations with limited communications.

• Antenna– Size and weight constraints require single aperture– Dual frequency, dual beam

• Transceiver– High sensitivity, solid-state design.– Support simultaneous, multiple beam transmit and receive.– Single aperture, no blind regions.

• Digital Receiver & Processor– Very high input data rate (> 1 Gb/s)– Pulse compression implementation.– Real-time Doppler processing for data reduction.– Network-based communications.

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

•Ka-Band Transceiver•Ku-Band Transceiver•LO/IF•Digital Receiver/Processor•Antenna Drive•Data System•IMU (navigation)

HIWRAP Subsystems

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HIWRAP Scanner Assembly

IF/LODigital Receiver

Antenna Drive

Antenna Feeds

Ku-band TransceiverKa-band Transceiver

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Antenna Development

Antenna Performance Goals

Frequencies (GHz) 13.35, 13.91,

33.72, 35.56

Number of beams at each band 2

3 dB Beamwidth < 3.25° (Ku)

< 1.35° (Ka)

Relative Sidelobe level <-22 dB

Incidence angle separation 10°

Incidence angles 30° and 40°

Beam/Polarization Inner/Horizontal

Outer/Vertical

Minimum Return Loss 18 dB

Minnimum bandwidth at each

frequency

100 MHz

–Single aperture–Simultaneous operation at Ku and Ka-band & two beams.–Limited available height.

Antenna design andfeed developmentby UMass/CASCA

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Antenna Status

HIWRAP antenna mounted in Goddard compact range. Single HIWRAP Ku/Ka-band feed.

Reflector

• 20” diameter AL reflector

• Weighs ~17 lbs

• Surface finish < 5 mils

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Antenna Status

Radome ~50” diam.

Dual feeds

•HIWRAP feeds and reflector fabricated andtested

•Measured and simulated performance agrees well

•Antenna ready for final integration into aircraftflight frame.

•Future: radome testing, final support structuretests

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Antenna Performance

Justin Creticos PhD DissertationUniversity of Massachusetts

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Ka-band Transceiver

Ka-band Power AMP• 33.0-36.0 GHz• 10 watts RF average power• Internal RF switching (10 nsec)• Noise output -174 dB/Hz when Tx signal not present• Operates up to 65 kft• 28 VDC power supplyKa-band Switch PA

Assembly

Ka-band Lo

block

Ka-band receiver

assembly

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Ka-Band Test Assembly

Power Amplifiers

Bottom View

Side View

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Ku-Band Transceiver

Ku-band PA• 13.0-14.0 GHz• 25 watts RF averagepower.

• Ultra efficiency• Operates up to 65 kft• 28 VDC power supply

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Ku-Band Transceiver

HIWRAP Ku-band transceiver

assembly CAD layout

HIWRAP Ku-band transceiver

test assembly

Calibration & noise

injection module

Receiver module

Up-converter module

Power Amplifier

& 28VDC Supply

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTimingControl

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

• Versatile transmission waveform generation: dual PRF, linear FM chirp pulse and frequency diversity, pulse amplitude tapering for range sidelobe reduction

• Software controlled timing source for the digital receiver, transmitter and RF switches

HIWRAP Tx Waveform

t

(a)

T

PRT

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTiming Control

• Compact, custom board built to achieve high speedprogramming of DDS plus software controlledtiming

• Consists of AD9959 DDS and Cyclone II FPGAwith an RS232 interface

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTiming Control

• Status– Board design and fabrication is complete– Electrical testing and debugging is 90%

complete– Dual PRF, linear FM and frequency

diversity waveform generation is 75%complete

– Amplitude control algorithm is currentlyunder development

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HIWRAP IF/LO Enclosure

IF up/down converter

Power converter module

Power distribution module

Local oscillator module

Fiber to Ethernet

House keeping sensor moduleDDS boards

•IF boards in evaluation

•Enclosure in design

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Digital Receiver & Processor - Challenges

• High Altitude Operations- Environment (temperature & pressure).- Autonomous operation (little to no operator interaction).- Redundancy / high availability.- Embedded, standalone system.

• Real-time Processing- High input data rate – 8,960 Megabits/sec- Implement pulse compression (up to 30 dB & 16 independentsub channels).- Real-time Doppler processing for data reduction.- Network-based communications

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Heymsfield et al. ESTC2008 Goddard Space Flight Center

Digital Receiver & Processor

Subsystems:

• Digital Receiver Module (DRM)- Based on Virtex-5 SX95T FPGA.- Implements Digital Receivers and Match Filters.

- Same board can be reconfigured as an APM.

• Algorithm Processing Module (APM)- Based on Virtex-5 SX95T FPGA.- Implements Pulse-Pair processing.

• Network Processing Module (NPM)- Based on PowerQUICC II Processor- Serves as controller and communications processor.

• Switch Fabric Board•Provides communication between NPM and APMs / DRMs.

Card cage conforms to 3U

CompactPCI form factor.

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Processing & Communication Bus (i.e. custombackplane)

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

PCIe x2

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Digital Subsystem Status

• Adhoc system that can support a single IF channelis operating now.

• Signal integrity analysis and layout of backplaneunderway.

• Targeted completion of baseline digital/IFsubsystem August 2008.

• Flight board completion October 2008

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Scanner Assembly

Fiberoptic rotaryjoint, slip ring,scanner, assembly

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Summary

• Test flights are planned for HIWRAP in January2009 after instrument completion.

• Many technical challenges will have been met thatare related to solid state transmitter/pulsecompression approach, operating conditions, andsize/weight constraints.

• New capability provided by HIWRAP will enhancehurricane research and routine hurricanemonitoring.

• Future challenges: real time data processing anddownlink of products.

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Status of the High-Altitude Imaging Windand Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)

1Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2Remote Sensing Solutions, Barnstable, MA 3University of Maryland Baltimore, MD 4University of Mass., Amherst, MA 5Welch Mechanical Designs, Havre de Grace, MD

Gerald Heymsfield1, James Carswell2, Lihua Li3, Dan Schaubert4, Justin Creticos4, Manuel Vega1,

Wayne Welch5

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HIWRAP CONCEPT

NASA Global Hawk: 18 km altitude. > 24 hour missions.

HIWRAP Characteristics: Conically scanning. Simultaneous Ku/Ka-band &two beams @30 and 40 deg Precipitation & clouds astracers. Ocean scatterometry.

MEASUREMENTS GOAL: Provide horizontal windsin precipitation regions and ocean surface windsin clear to light rain regions

MEASUREMENT TARGET: Hurricanes and severeweather events.

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HIWRAP Retrieval MethodHIWRAP Retrieval Method

• Provides independentradial windmeasurements atmultiple azimuth anglesand two incidence angleswithin grid volume. Fromwhich the wind vectorcan be calculated.

• Tradeoff studydetermined Ku and Ka-band and 30 and 40 degare the best choice tomaximize number of“good” retrievals.

Two look angles and two frequencies

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System Specifications

Specifications Parameters

Ku-band Ka-band

RF Frequency (GHz)

Inner Beam: 13.910

Outer Beam: 13.350

Inner Beam: 35.560

Outer Beam: 33.720

Peak Transmit Power (W) 30 10

3dB Beam Width (o) 2.9 1.2

Polarization Vertical (inner beam),

Horizontal (outer beam)

Min . Detect. Reflectivity (dBZ e, 60 m res . 10 km )

0.0 -5.0

Dynamic Range (dB) > 65

Doppler Velocity (ms-1)

0-150 ( Uncertainty < 2 ms -1 for SNR>10)

Scanning Conical Scan, 10 rpm

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Design Goal: Global Hawk

Global Hawk “deep” radome

HIWRAP scanner

Global Hawk is beingconsidered by NASA forhurricane science missionsand by NOAA for routinemonitoring.

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Current Effort: WB57 Aircraft

Bottom view of pallet &radomeSide view of pallet &

instrument

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HIWRAP Development Challenges

• High Altitude UAS (Global Hawk) Platform– High altitude, unpressurized environment.– Limited space, weight and power.– Autonomous operations with limited communications.

• Antenna– Size and weight constraints require single aperture– Dual frequency, dual beam

• Transceiver– High sensitivity, solid-state design.– Support simultaneous, multiple beam transmit and receive.– Single aperture, no blind regions.

• Digital Receiver & Processor– Very high input data rate (> 1 Gb/s)– Pulse compression implementation.– Real-time Doppler processing for data reduction.– Network-based communications.

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•Ka-Band Transceiver•Ku-Band Transceiver•LO/IF•Digital Receiver/Processor•Antenna Drive•Data System•IMU (navigation)

HIWRAP Subsystems

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HIWRAP Scanner Assembly

IF/LODigital Receiver

Antenna Drive

Antenna Feeds

Ku-band TransceiverKa-band Transceiver

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Antenna Development

Antenna Performance Goals

Frequencies (GHz) 13.35, 13.91,

33.72, 35.56

Number of beams at each band 2

3 dB Beamwidth < 3.25° (Ku)

< 1.35° (Ka)

Relative Sidelobe level <-22 dB

Incidence angle separation 10°

Incidence angles 30° and 40°

Beam/Polarization Inner/Horizontal

Outer/Vertical

Minimum Return Loss 18 dB

Minnimum bandwidth at each

frequency

100 MHz

–Single aperture–Simultaneous operation at Ku and Ka-band & two beams.–Limited available height.

Antenna design andfeed developmentby UMass/CASCA

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Antenna Status

HIWRAP antenna mounted in Goddard compact range. Single HIWRAP Ku/Ka-band feed.

Reflector

• 20” diameter AL reflector

• Weighs ~17 lbs

• Surface finish < 5 mils

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Antenna Status

Radome ~50” diam.

Dual feeds

•HIWRAP feeds and reflector fabricated andtested

•Measured and simulated performance agrees well

•Antenna ready for final integration into aircraftflight frame.

•Future: radome testing, final support structuretests

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Antenna Performance

Justin Creticos PhD DissertationUniversity of Massachusetts

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Ka-band Transceiver

Ka-band Power AMP• 33.0-36.0 GHz• 10 watts RF average power• Internal RF switching (10 nsec)• Noise output -174 dB/Hz when Tx signal not present• Operates up to 65 kft• 28 VDC power supplyKa-band Switch PA

Assembly

Ka-band Lo

block

Ka-band receiver

assembly

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Ka-Band Test Assembly

Power Amplifiers

Bottom View

Side View

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Ku-Band Transceiver

Ku-band PA• 13.0-14.0 GHz• 25 watts RF averagepower.

• Ultra efficiency• Operates up to 65 kft• 28 VDC power supply

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

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Ku-Band Transceiver

HIWRAP Ku-band transceiver

assembly CAD layout

HIWRAP Ku-band transceiver

test assembly

Calibration & noise

injection module

Receiver module

Up-converter module

Power Amplifier

& 28VDC Supply

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Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTimingControl

5.3” x 3.1” x 2.9” , 2.5 lbs.

• Versatile transmission waveform generation: dual PRF, linear FM chirp pulse and frequency diversity, pulse amplitude tapering for range sidelobe reduction

• Software controlled timing source for the digital receiver, transmitter and RF switches

HIWRAP Tx Waveform

t

(a)

T

PRT

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Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTiming Control

• Compact, custom board built to achieve high speedprogramming of DDS plus software controlledtiming

• Consists of AD9959 DDS and Cyclone II FPGAwith an RS232 interface

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Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) andTiming Control

• Status– Board design and fabrication is complete– Electrical testing and debugging is 90%

complete– Dual PRF, linear FM and frequency

diversity waveform generation is 75%complete

– Amplitude control algorithm is currentlyunder development

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HIWRAP IF/LO Enclosure

IF up/down converter

Power converter module

Power distribution module

Local oscillator module

Fiber to Ethernet

House keeping sensor moduleDDS boards

•IF boards in evaluation

•Enclosure in design

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Digital Receiver & Processor - Challenges

• High Altitude Operations- Environment (temperature & pressure).- Autonomous operation (little to no operator interaction).- Redundancy / high availability.- Embedded, standalone system.

• Real-time Processing- High input data rate – 8,960 Megabits/sec- Implement pulse compression (up to 30 dB & 16 independentsub channels).- Real-time Doppler processing for data reduction.- Network-based communications

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Digital Receiver & Processor

Subsystems:

• Digital Receiver Module (DRM)- Based on Virtex-5 SX95T FPGA.- Implements Digital Receivers and Match Filters.

- Same board can be reconfigured as an APM.

• Algorithm Processing Module (APM)- Based on Virtex-5 SX95T FPGA.- Implements Pulse-Pair processing.

• Network Processing Module (NPM)- Based on PowerQUICC II Processor- Serves as controller and communications processor.

• Switch Fabric Board•Provides communication between NPM and APMs / DRMs.

Card cage conforms to 3U

CompactPCI form factor.

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Processing & Communication Bus (i.e. custombackplane)

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Digital Subsystem Status

• Adhoc system that can support a single IF channelis operating now.

• Signal integrity analysis and layout of backplaneunderway.

• Targeted completion of baseline digital/IFsubsystem August 2008.

• Flight board completion October 2008

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Scanner Assembly

Fiberoptic rotaryjoint, slip ring,scanner, assembly

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Summary

• Test flights are planned for HIWRAP in January2009 after instrument completion.

• Many technical challenges will have been met thatare related to solid state transmitter/pulsecompression approach, operating conditions, andsize/weight constraints.

• New capability provided by HIWRAP will enhancehurricane research and routine hurricanemonitoring.

• Future challenges: real time data processing anddownlink of products.

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