Title :
Affordable avian radar surveillance systems for natural resource management and BASH applications
Author :
Nohara, Tim J. ; Weber, Peter ; Premji, A. ; Krasnor, Carl ; Gauthreaux, Sid ; Brand, Marissa ; Key, Gerry
Author_Institution :
Sicom Syst. Ltd., Fonthill, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Affordable avian surveillance radar systems have been developed for natural resource management (NRM) and bird air strike hazard (BASH) applications. The system design described herein demonstrates that affordable, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) marine radars combined with COTS personal computers (PCs) and sophisticated radar processing software can meet system requirements. Real performance data obtained using the Navy´s eBirdRad radar unit installed at Patuxent River Naval Air Station demonstrate a significant advancement in state-of-the-art bird detection and tracking. This provides the impetus for maturing the technology into fully operational systems.
Keywords :
military computing; military radar; natural resources; radar computing; surveillance; avian radar surveillance systems; bird air strike hazard; commercial off-the-shelf marine radars; natural resource management; radar processing software; state-of-the-art bird detection; state-of-the-art bird tracking; Application software; Birds; Hazards; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Radar applications; Radar tracking; Resource management; Software systems; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2005 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8881-X
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2005.1435785
