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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Symposium, 2006. IRS 2006. International
Conference_Location :
Krakow, Poland
Print_ISBN :
978-83-7207-621-2
DOI :
10.1109/IRS.2006.4338037
