Title :
Design of a Wind Shear Detection Radar for Airports
Author :
Chadwick, Russell B. ; Moran, Kenneth P. ; Campbell, William Carroll
Author_Institution :
NOAA/ERL Wave Propagation Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80302
Abstract :
Designing a radar to detect hazardous wind shear is treated in two steps. First, a field experiment was conducted to determine the strength of the return signal, and statistical results from this experiment are given. Second, these results are used in design of a clear-air radar for shear detection. The tradeoff between wavelength, transmitted power, and antenna size is shown. A simple display technique using a plan shear indicator is also described.
Keywords :
Aircraft; Airports; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric waves; Computer crashes; Doppler radar; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Wind;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGE.1979.294640
