OSWIN radar

The OSWIN radar ( Baltic Sea Wind Radar ) is a radar device from the Institute for Atmospheric Physics in Kühlungsborn , which is used to investigate the high atmosphere .

The OSWIN radar, which went into operation in 1999, operates at a frequency of 53.5 MHz and sends out pulses with a peak power of 90 kilowatts (average power: 4.5 kW) to investigate the high atmosphere. The automatically working system supplies height profiles of the 3-D wind vector and the radar reflectivity in the range from 1 to 18 kilometers. An array of 144 Yagi antennas is used as the antenna .

See also: List of radio telescopes and research stations

Web links

• The Baltic Sea Wind Radar OSWIN Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics

Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ 5.7 ″  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 8.7 ″  E