In this paper, a novel forward-looking imaging method based on the compressed sensing is proposed for scanning phased array radar (PAR) in order to improve the azimuth resolution. Firstly, the echo of targets is modeled according to the principle of PAR. Then, it is analyzed why some of the former methods as multi-channel deconvolution are ineffective based on the signal model. Using a widely a...

Using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer Array (MAMBO) at the IRAM 30m telescope we detected emission at 250 GHz from the Centaur Chariklo (1997 CU26). The observed continuum flux density implies a photometric diameter of 273 km. The resulting geometric albedo is 0.055, somewhat higher than expected from a comparison with most of the other few Centaurs and cometary nuclei for which such data a...

For the submillimeter band observations, we have been routinely adopting the calibration cycle time of 20–30 minutes, which is the same as any typical centimeter and millimeter band observations. This cycle time, largely corrects only the instrumental phase fluctuations and there exists residual phase fluctuations, which are attributed to temporal and spatial atmospheric phase fluctuations. Hen...

Abstract An antenna of phased array radar (PAR) consists of a large number of individual radiating elements and steers its electromagnetic wave direction by shifting wave phases of these elements. Failed elements have to be detected, diagnosed, localized and replaced at scheduled times to hold a required performance of a radar system. However, the maintenance of an antenna should not be made so...