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a Matlab package for phased array beam shape inspection

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V eff<br />

<strong>for</strong> a long pulse (km 3 )<br />

V eff<br />

<strong>for</strong> a 70 µs pulse (km 3 )<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

V = 155 km 3<br />

0<br />

900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500<br />

PPD (µs)<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

V = 67 km 3<br />

0<br />

900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400<br />

PPD (µs)<br />

Figure 30: TA: Filling of the common volume at about 120 km altitude. The top panel<br />

shows how the common volume fills as a function of the propagation time<br />

of a long, volume-filling, pulse. For instance, the signal that is received at<br />

about 1400 µs after the start of transmission, comes from the whole 155 km 3<br />

common volume. The curve at the bottom panel gives the effective scattering<br />

volume as function of time <strong>for</strong> a 70 µs pulse. Such a pulse is never able to<br />

illuminate the whole volume, so the maximal scattering volume is less than the<br />

size of the common volume. The plots are produced by common volume.m.

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