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This thesis presents the development of various methods for measuring rainfall rates using horizontally-pointing millimetre-wave radars. This work builds from the combination of a T-matrix scattering model that allows the scattering from almost arbitrarily pro led rotationally symmetric particles to be calculated, and drop shape models that allow the effects of temperature and pressure on the shape to be taken into account. Many hours of rain data have been collected with 38 and 94 GHz FMCW radars, as well as with a disdrometer and weather station. These have been used to develop single- and dual-frequency techniques for measuring rainfall rate. A temperature, polarisation and attenuation corrected application of simple power-law relationships between reflectivity and rainfall rate has been successfully demonstrated at 38 GHz. However, at 94 GHz it has been found that more detailed functions relating reflectivity, attenuation and rainfall rate are beneficial. A reflectivity-based determination of attenuation has been adapted from the literature and successfully applied to the 94 GHz data, improving the estimate of rainfall rate at longer ranges. The same method for estimating attenuation has also been used in a dualfrequency technique based on the ratio of the extinction coefficients at 38 and 94 GHz, but with less success. However, a dual-frequency reflectivity ratio based approach has been successfully developed and applied, producing good estimates of rainfall rate, as well as reasonable estimates of two drop-size distribution parameters. Simulations of radar measurements of airborne volcanic ash have also been carried out, demonstrating that for most reasonable measurement configurations the optimal frequencies would typically be 35 GHz or 94 GHz, not the more commonly used 3-10 GHz. It has also been shown that various existing millimetre-wave radars could be used to detect ash. Finally, there is a discussion of the optimal frequencies for dual-frequency measurement of volcanic ash.

Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. / Optical turbulence plays an important role in the propagation of electromagnetic waves through the atmosphere because it broadens and distorts the optical beam. A variety of optical, thermal, and acoustic instruments are used to detect the atmospheric turbulence and an acoustic echosounder has proven to be a valuable tool to probe the fine dynamic structure of atmospheric turbulence within first hundred meters above the surface. The first planar acoustic echosounder constructed at the Naval Postgraduate School was by Weingartner and Wroblewski, under Walters' supervision. Moxcey later modified this design by reducing the number of drivers from 25 to 19 and placing the drivers closer together into a hexagonal, close-packed array. This thesis explored the potential sources of the transducer ringing and implemented solutions to the problem. Additionally, we also improved the receiving sensitivity of the echosounder and lowered the electronics noise when receiving. Finally, we applied these techniques to another array assembled with new drivers to improve its performance compared to the previous echosounder array, while measuring and quantifying the level of improvement achieved. / Lieutenant Commander, Republic of China Navy

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1979. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by André Antoine Merab. / M.S.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Peter Vickers Wright. / Ph.D.

Chen, Kejian. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-164). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Pulsed terahertz (THz) systems are an emergent technology, finding diverse applications as they approach maturity. From their birth in the late 1980's to the wealth of alternate sources and imaging modalities now available, the rise has been fuelled by the expectation that this will prove a world changing technology. This Thesis takes an application focused approach and seeks to provide enabling systems and algorithms for the development of functional imaging systems with broad potential application in security inspection, non-destructive testing and biomedical imaging. Three dimensional pulsed THz imaging systems were first introduced in 1996 using a reflection-mode ultrasound-like configuration. This Thesis builds upon this former work by focusing on transmission mode tomography systems using pulsed THz radiation. Several novel 3D imaging modalities are introduced. The hardware architectures, based on optoelectronic generation and detection of THz radiation are described. Approximations to the wave equation are derived, allowing linear reconstruction algorithms to recover 3D structural information fromthe transmitted THz field. Finally the systems are demonstrated and the achievable resolution and image quality are investigated. Three imaging architectures are developed herein: 1. T-ray holography allows the 3D distribution of point scatters to be resolved based on a single projection image utilising a novel reconstruction algorithm based on the windowed Fourier transform and back-propagation of the Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction equation. 2. T-ray diffraction tomography utilises the diffracted THz field to allow a Helmholtz equation based, frequency-dependent reconstruction to be performed and the THz spectrum at each pixel to be calculated. 3. T-ray Computed Tomography (CT) uses analogous techniques to X-ray CT, based on the Radon transform, to provide 3D T-ray reconstructions of unprecedented fidelity. These techniques have important applications in material identification, which is investigated in the second part of this Thesis. Pulsed THz spectroscopy has been widely acclaimed for its potential to identify different materials based on their spectral properties. The second part of this Thesis presents algorithms towards this goal. Three case studies are performed focusing on biomaterial classification, anthrax detection and in vitro osteosarcoma cell differentiation. A classification framework is developed to process the THz spectral data and identify specific materials. A linear filter model is introduced to describe the system response of different materials, and the filter taps are utilised for feature extraction. This technique is demonstrated for biomaterial and anthrax classification. For cell differentiation a genetic algorithm is used to select deconvolved frequency components to train a classifier. In each case a high classification accuracy is demonstrated, highlighting the promise and potential of three dimensional T-ray inspection systems. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2004.