RAIN MODELS FOR LANDING GUIDANCE SYSTEMS.

Abstract

Models of rain intensity along an aircraft glide slope are derived for the purpose of comparing attenuation losses at various radar frequencies. The models are intended to protray a rain intensity over a 10-minute period and 10-mile or 20-mile ground track. The rain intensities are selected to represent rates which would occur less than one percent or 0.1 percent of the time during the rainy season at the rainiest airfield in the U.S. and the rainiest airfield (with over 5000 feet of paved runway) in the world. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696617

Entities

People

  • Gordon A. Beals

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Attenuation
  • Frequency
  • Glide Slope
  • Guidance
  • Intensity
  • Landing Fields
  • Losses

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Urban Planning and Geography.