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Author Nekrasov, Alexey

Title Foundations for innovative application of airborne radars : functionality enhancement for measuring the water surface backscattering signature and wind / Alexey Nekrasov
Edition 2nd ed
Published Cham : Springer, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (124 pages)
Series SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
SpringerBriefs in earth sciences.
Contents Introduction -- Water Surface Backscattering and Wind Retrieval -- FM-CW Demonstrator System as an Instrument for Measuring Sea Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind -- Doppler Navigation System Application for Measuring Backscattering Signature and Wind Over Water -- Measuring Water Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind by Means of Airborne Weather Radar -- Water-Surface Wind Retrieval Using Airborne Radar Altimeter
Summary This book discusses methods for measuring the water surface backscattering signature and estimating the near-surface wind vector over water using airborne radars, in addition to their standard application. Airborne FMCW demonstrator system, Doppler navigation system, airborne weather radar, airborne radar altimeter, and airborne precipitation radar are analyzed in order to be used for that purpose. The radars functionality is enhanced for their operation in a scatterometer mode. A circle flight and/or a rectilinear flight of an aircraft over the water surface is considered depending on the radar design features to perform measurements of the azimuth normalized radar cross section curve of the water surface and/or the near-surface wind speed and direction. Flight recommendations to perform measurements along with algorithms for measuring the water surface backscattering signature and for retrieval of the wind speed and direction over water are presented
Notes Print version record
Subject Winds -- Speed -- Measurement.
Radar in aeronautics.
Bodies of water -- Remote sensing
Radar in aeronautics
Winds -- Speed -- Measurement
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030629427
3030629422