Obtaining meteorological data from aircraft with Mode-S radars

Author

Hrastovec, Marko ; Solina, Franc

Author_Institution

Slovenia Control, Ltd., Slovenia

Volume

28

Issue

12

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec. 2013

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

24

Abstract

In this article we analyze the quality of meteorological data collected with Mode-S radars. During a 5-month period we collected meteorological data with a Mode-S radar and compared it with corresponding radiosonde measurements. We developed a method for gathering the data from Mode-S radars and generate atmosphere profiles for wind and temperature. Air traffic control uses upper wind tables generated by numerical weather prediction (NWP) models for flight path calculations. The profiles that we generate from Mode-S radar data can be a relatively good substitute for these tables.

Keywords

air traffic control; aircraft; meteorological radar; weather forecasting; Mode-S radars; air traffic control; aircraft; atmosphere profiles; flight path calculations; meteorological data; numerical weather prediction models; upper wind tables; Airborne radar; Atmospheric measurements; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar measurements; Relays; Remote sensing; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2013.6693664

Filename

6693664