What is azimuth radar?

Azimuth resolution describes the ability of an imaging radar to separate two closely spaced scatterers in the direction parallel to the motion vector of the sensor.

What does the azimuth measure?

Azimuth and Elevation are measures used to identify the position of a satellite flying overhead. Azimuth tells you what direction to face and Elevation tells you how high up in the sky to look. Both are measured in degrees. Azimuth varies from 0° to 360°.

What is azimuth velocity?

(Abbreviated VAD.) A radar display of the mean Doppler velocity at a given range as a function of the azimuth angle as the radar antenna rotates through (usually) a complete 360° azimuth scan at a constant elevation angle.

What is azimuth angle definition?

The azimuth angle is the compass direction from which the sunlight is coming. The azimuth angle is like a compass direction with North = 0° and South = 180°. Other authors use a variety of slightly different definitions (i.e., angles of ± 180° and South = 0°).

What is the maximum range of radar?

A civil marine radar, for instance, may have user-selectable maximum instrumented display ranges of 72, or 96 or rarely 120 nautical miles, in accordance with international law, but maximum unambiguous ranges of over 40,000 nautical miles and maximum detection ranges of perhaps 150 nautical miles.

What is the resolution of radar?

Range resolution = 750 m. Another important parameter in the radar system is the radar range resolution. It depends on the pulse width as described in the equation. It is the smallest distance between the two different targets, so that radar can differentiate between them.

What is range, azimuth,?

Azimuth angles can thus range from 0 degrees (north) through 90 (east), 180 (south), 270 (west), and up to 360 (north again).