DocumentCode
3462470
Title
Fog Detection Using Airport Radar
Author
Galati, G. ; Dalmasso, I. ; Pavan, G. ; Brogi, G.
Author_Institution
"Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Via del Politecnico, 1 - 00133 Roma, ITALY. e-mail: galati@disp.uniroma2.it
fYear
2006
fDate
24-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Fog is a significant factor affecting the Air Traffic Control (ATC). Significant limitations of the airport capacity are due to fog that causes the reduction of the visibility (Runway Visual Range, RVR). Today METAR (Meteorological Aviation Report) and forecasts TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) are only available to estimate the visibility variations, but not to estimate the RVR. Scope of this paper is to evaluate the performance of airport radar sensors to detect the fog.
Keywords
Air traffic control; Airports; Land surface; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Reflectivity; Weather forecasting;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radar Symposium, 2006. IRS 2006. International
Conference_Location
Krakow, Poland
Print_ISBN
978-83-7207-621-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IRS.2006.4338037
Filename
4338037
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