Structure of soft- and hardware ACS «ANTIGRAD» complex:

  • equipment for radar signal digital conversion;
  • the computer for processing of the radar information;
  • communication lines to the rocket launching sites;
  • special software.

ACS «ANTIGRAD» provides in an automatic mode:

  • three-dimensional space scanning in a round-the-clock mode both of cloud fields and precipitation in 250 km range with periodicity of 3,5 min;
  • analog-to-digital conversion of the two-wavelength MRL-5 radar signals in ground clutter suppression option;
  • processing of the radar information simultaneously on two wavelengths and displaying on a terrain map:
  • horizontal cloud sections at any altitude;
  • vertical cloud profiles in any given direction;
  • cloud reflectivity maps(Z10 and Z3,2);
  • cloud top and bottom boundary maps of radar echo of cloudiness;
  • cloud hail danger map;
  • precipitation intensity map;
  • precipitation amount map;
  • hail-prone area map;
  • direction and speed of cloud movement;
  • time dependence of cloud parameters and so on.
  • identification of hail- and hail-risky clouds;
  • selection of seeding areas in hail- and hail-risky clouds within 100 km range;
  • optimal selection of rocket launching sites;
  • documentation and archiving of radar information on hail clouds and coordinates of rocket’s start.