The Potential of the NEXRAD (Next Generation Weather Radar) Radar System for Warning of Bird Hazards,

Abstract

Flying birds pose a dangerous and costly problem for aviation. Warning to pilots of hazardous movements of birds could be available with the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) currently being developed cooperatively by three U.S. government agencies. For several kinds of bird hazards, it should be feasible to develop computer algorithms to provide automated hazard warnings in real time. Reflectivity, Doppler speed, and differential reflectivity data taken with a prototype 10-cm NEXRAD radar establish the usefulness of NEXRAD for obtaining information on birds.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 1984
Accession Number
ADP004210

Entities

People

  • R. P. Larkin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Governments
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Prototypes
  • Radar
  • Reflectivity
  • South Carolina
  • Training
  • Wildlife
  • Workshops

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.