Skywave Radar Detectability of Volcanic Aersols

Abstract

During 1982 there occurred several incidents in which commercial jet aircraft suffered engine failure over Indonesia as they passed through clouds of dust injected into the stratosphere by an erupting volcano on Java. This paper presents some theoretical estimates of the detectability of such clouds using over-the-horizon skywave radar. The results imply that detection would not be possible with the JINDALEE Stage B radar.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA151448

Entities

People

  • S. J. Anderson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Backscattering
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • High Altitude
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Scattering
  • Stratosphere

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects