PARSAX
Polarimetric-Agile Radar in S- and X-band
The PARSAX radar laboratory is the world-wide unique instrument dedicated for the development and validation of modern radar sensing systems and algorithms for a wide variety of civil applications. No where in the world exists similar combination of multi-functional research instruments with such high performances and flexibilities. PARSAX facilitates groundbreaking research in the areas of AI application to remote sensing, water management (high-resolution precipitation monitoring), climate change via atmospheric remote sensing as well as safety & security via air- (e.g. drones) and surface- (e.g. small boats) surveillance. The laboratory kernel is all-digital high-resolution Polarimetric-Agile Radars in S- and X-band.
Infrastructure and User Services
Being the world-wide unique instrument dedicated for civil application, the PARSAX radar laboratory includes flexible and reconfigurable research instruments, such as all-digital high-resolution Polarimetric-Agile Radars in S- and X-band and other sensors (like cameras, ADSB receivers, etc). These sensors are capable to make remote polarimetric-Doppler measurements of moving objects at different frequencies with variable resolution using arbitrary waveforms.
Flexible digital architecture of the PARSAX radar provides unique in the world opportunity to design, implement, study and experimentally test performances of the polarimetric sensing signals with dual orthogonality and their real-time and off-line processing algorithms. Our experience and results of previous research projects show that the achieved results can be applied not only to modern polarimetric radars but also to modern Multiple Input – Multiple Output and other types of multi-channel and distributed radars, including, for example, automotive on-chip FMCW radars. Flexible architecture of the existing infrastructure provides unique possibility to develop and study experimentally modern concepts of cognitive, adaptive to users, mission and sensing task radar and algorithms for its resources and capability management. The goals of actual and planned research projects that are using this infrastructure as a research platform and as a source of unique data are well aligned with the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA) routes.
Examples/description of the type of research
Being the world-wide unique instrument dedicated for civil application, the PARSAX radar laboratory includes flexible and reconfigurable research instruments, such as all-digital high-resolution Polarimetric-Agile Radars in S- and X-band and other sensors (like cameras, ADSB receivers, etc). These sensors are capable to make remote polarimetric-Doppler measurements of moving objects at different frequencies with variable resolution using arbitrary waveforms. The goals of actual and planned research projects that are using this infrastructure as a research platform and as a source of unique data are well aligned with the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA) routes.
PARSAX is used as a platform for the development, testing and experimental validation of novel sensing signals and cognitive data processing algorithms for remote sensing. It also facilitates studies on joint communication and sensing systems for future 6G systems. By creating and keeping a huge data base of radar signatures of different objects, PARSAX is valuable asset for AI algorithm development.
PARSAX creates absolutely unique in the world high-resolution radars configuration and database that attracts international scientific community for data processing, analysis and usage in applications. The necessity in new research and breakthroughs in radar technology for the first in the world operational implementation of joint meteorological multi-radar signal processing opens new opportunities for international collaboration with academic and industrial research communities.
The laboratory team is continuously working on updating and extension of this infrastructure's capabilities, and development of modern interfaces with other existing radar facilities in the Netherlands
How to access the infrastructure?
Measurements are done locally at the Research Infrastructure. Data can be shared via Network services