• DocumentCode
    2047878
  • Title

    Polarimetry applied to avionic weather radar: Improvement on meteorological phenomena detection and classification

  • Author

    Lupidi, Alberto ; Moscardini, Christian ; Garzelli, Andrea ; Berizzi, Fabrizio ; Cuccoli, Fabrizio ; Bernabò, Marcello

  • Author_Institution
    CNIT-RaSS, Nat. Interuniv. Consortium for Telecommun.-Nat. Lab. of Radar & Surveillance Syst., Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    12-14 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    73
  • Lastpage
    77
  • Abstract
    Avionic Weather Radar is an essential equipment in aircraft. Polarimetry can improve the detection and the classification of hydrometeors and thus the safety and the efficiency of the flight. Here a 3D polarimetric radar simulator for the feasibility study on avionic weather polarimetric radar is presented.
  • Keywords
    aircraft; avionics; meteorological radar; radar detection; radar polarimetry; signal classification; 3D polarimetric radar simulator; aircraft; avionic weather polarimetric radar; avionic weather radar; hydrometeors; meteorological phenomena classification; meteorological phenomena detection; Doppler radar; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar cross section; Radar polarimetry; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Communications - Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles (TIWDC/ESAV), 2011 Tyrrhenian International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Capri
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9841-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-88-903482-3-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6060967