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New Techniques for Calibrating Across-the-Road Traffic Radars

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Author(s)

Claude Weil, Dennis G. Camell, David R. Novotny, Robert T. Johnk, Arthur Ondrejka

Abstract

We discuss simulator units for calibrating across-the-road Doppler traffic radars used in highway speed enforcement. Two units of essentially the same design were developed, one operating at K-Band (24 GHz) and the other at Ka-Band (35 GHz). The signal received from the radar is frequency modulated at rates that correspond to the expected Doppler shift for approaching and receding vehicles traveling at speeds of 25-200 km/h, and subsequently retransmitted back to the radar. The required calibration accuracy is 1.6 km/h at 90 km/h.
Conference Dates
August 17-24, 2002
Conference Location
Maastricht, 1, NL
Conference Title
2002 URSI General Assembly
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

chirp, Doppler, highway, photographic, radar, traffic, calibrator, speed enforcement
Electromagnetics

Citation

Weil, C. , Camell, D. , Novotny, D. , Johnk, R. and Ondrejka, A. (2002), New Techniques for Calibrating Across-the-Road Traffic Radars, 2002 URSI General Assembly, Maastricht, 1, NL (Accessed April 3, 2025)

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Created August 16, 2002, Updated October 12, 2021