Title :
Impact analysis of wind turbines blockage on doppler weather radar
Author :
Belmonte, Aniceto ; Fabregas, Xavier
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
The split-step solution to the parabolic wave equation describing beam propagation permits examination of the signal degradation in a Doppler weather radar caused by wind turbines blockage under general atmospheric conditions and at arbitrary transmitter and receiver configurations. At radar wavelengths, an understanding of turbine and terrain obscuration effects is essential for deciding the reliability of radar measurements affected by blockage.
Keywords :
Atmospheric waves; Doppler radar; Meteorological radar; Power engineering computing; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Slabs; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
