Title :
Performance of a water-repellent radome coating in an airport surveillance radar
Author_Institution :
DOT/Transport Systems Center, Cambridge, Mass.
Abstract :
The operational improvement in rain provided by a hydrophobic radome coating is experimentally verified for the case of an airport ground-surveillance radar. The efficacy of a hydrophobic radome coating is illustrated with photographs of the plan-position-indicator display during moderate rainfall before and after the application of the coating.
Keywords :
Airports; Attenuation; Biomembranes; Coatings; Radar; Rain; Surveillance; Testing; Variable speed drives; Water;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1973.9238
