A Hybrid Antenna Pattern Synthesis Method for the Polarimetric Atmospheric Imaging Radar (PAIR)

Polarimetric Phased Array Radar (PAR) technology is a candidate radar architecture capable of providing rapid volumetric weather observations. In this paper, we present a hybrid optimization method for synthesizing phase-only PAR beam patterns using individually measured antenna element patterns to account for practical antenna performance. We investigate a phase-only pattern synthesis method for ...