METRATEK can provide coherent measurement of the surface of the ocean from shore, laboratory/tank, or airborne platforms. Look-down measurements have been performed on the west coast, Chesapeake Bay, and on the Sognefjord in Norway. The radars have a wide range of waveforms: pulsed Doppler, linear FM, and pulsed Delta-K, all with or without frequency agility, widely variable pulse widths and pulse repetition frequencies, and comprehensive data recording systems. Parameters are as specified in the table at the bottom of the Model 200 radar page.       

      The Model 200, with its 4-foot minimum range capability, is especially suitable for wave tank measurements. Both of METRATEK's instrumentation radars are coherent and have pulse repetition rates in excess of 500,000 pulses per second, so that they can collect and store data from the moving ocean surface before it moves. The capability to switch antennas on a pulse-to-pulse basis permits collection of interleaved frequencies and polarizations so that direct comparisons between different frequencies of the polarimetric behavior of the ocean can be made. The wide variation in pulse widths (5 nanoseconds to 20 microseconds in 1-nanosecond steps) allows further freedom in varying spot size.