System Study for Mobile Meteorological Satellite Ground Stations

摘要

This report presents a concept for a low cost mobile meteorological ground terminal. The major subsystems in this conceptual system are studied in detail and a comparison of various methods of meeting subsystem requirements is made. The major elements studied are the following: antenna, preamplifier, demodulator, synchronization and data handling equipment, and display and hard copy generation equipment. The results of these studies are presented in the form of trade-off charts which show the capabilities and limitations of each subsystem approach. (Author)