Measurements Showing the Feasibility for Radar Detection of Hazardous Wind Shear at Airports.

Abstract

Measurements of the strength of clear-air backscattered power for a 10 cm radar were made over a 12 month period in Colorado. The main conclusion is that radar offers a viable option for warning of hazardous low-level wind shear at airports. There were 161 days of operation and diurnal and seasonal trends of the return are identified. It is shown that the backscattered power can be considered as a single parameter log-normal random variable. The problems encountered in low elevation angle operation are discussed and one solution, a clutter suppression system is presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061596

Entities

People

  • G. E. Morrison
  • K. P. Moran
  • R. B. Chadwick
  • W. C. Campbell

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Clutter
  • Continuous-Wave Radar
  • Correlators
  • Detection
  • Doppler Effect
  • Doppler Radar
  • Ground Clutter
  • Low Elevation
  • Radar
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Urban Areas
  • Wave Propagation
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.