Radiosonde Tracking Radar as a Wind Profiler

The possibility of using the previously developed weather balloon tracking radar as a wind profiler is being considered. The range of the radar in this mode is determined for the main types of inhomogeneities of the troposphere, such as hydrometeors and turbulence. It is shown that the coherent radiation of radar probing radio pulses makes it possible, with a slight refinement of the reflected signal processing algorithm, to increase the detection range of low-contrast objects by an order of magnitude.