Table 2. Characteristics of weather radars applied.

Radar stationContents Located in Jeju Island Located in the coastal area
SSP PSN
Starting year 2006 2005
Company (nation) Gematronik (Germany) EEC (USA)
Transmission frequency (MHz) 2,825 2,718
Band S S
Transmitting tube Klystron Klystron
Peak Power (kW) 750 850
Pulse recurrence frequency (Hz) 250~1200 250~1200
Beam width (°) 1.0 1.0
Antenna diameter (m) 8.5 8.5
Pulse width (μs) 1.0/4.5 1.0/4.5
Dynamic range (dB) 95 100
Altitude (m) 549 72