ATRAD Pty Ltd. products

The ATRAD Atmospheric Boundary Layer Radar Systems BLR12/27 has been specifically designed for wind profiling a localised area at heights between 300 metres and 8 kilometres above ground level. Typical system configurations include a 12kW solid-state transmitter and 27 three-element Yagi antenna array. System frequency is set at factory within the range of 30 – 64 MHz.

The ATRAD ST wind profiler uses Doppler Beam Swinging (DBS) techniques to provide real-time vertical profiles of horizontal wind speed and direction at heights of up to 20km above ground level. It operates in the low VHF frequency range, providing significant cost benefits and eliminating data contamination arising from tropical conditions, precipitation and bird or insect migrations. The ST wind profiler provides a low-cost alternative to meteorological balloon stations for wind profiling applications. Alternatively, it may be used in conjunction with a meteorological balloon station to reduce the number of costly balloon flights per day. It also has applications in rocket and space launch operations and scientific research.