Measurement and analysis of multiband bistatic and monostatic radar signatures of wind turbines

Author

Ritchie, M. ; Fioranelli, F. ; Balleri, A. ; Griffiths, H.D.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Electr. Eng., UCL, London, UK

Volume

51

Issue

14

fYear

2015

fDate

7 9 2015

Firstpage

1112

Lastpage

1113

Abstract

The results of recent measurements taken with two radar systems to measure the simultaneous monostatic and bistatic signature of wind turbines, at S-band and X-band are presented. Coherent monostatic and bistatic data was collected with the University College London (UCL) NetRAD 2.4 GHz radar, and the Cranfield University CW radar operating at X-band. Initial analysis shows the bistatic Doppler signature of wind turbines and informs on the key differences seen at modest bistatic angles. Polarimetric variations are also analysed via data gathered from using co-polarised VV and HH and cross-polarised VH components.

Keywords

Doppler radar; radar polarimetry; radar signal processing; wind turbines; S-band; X-band; bistatic Doppler signature; bistatic angle; coherent bistatic data collection; coherent monostatic data collection; copolarised VH component; copolarised VV component; cross-polarised VH components; frequency 2.4 GHz; monostatic radar signature measurement; multiband bistatic radar signature measurement; polarimetric variation analysis; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2015.0856

Filename

7150512