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Aviation weather surveillance systems : advanced radar and surface sensors for flight safety and air traffic management / / Pravas Mahapatra ; with contributions from Richard J. Doviak, Vladislav Mazur, Dusan S. Zrnič
| Aviation weather surveillance systems : advanced radar and surface sensors for flight safety and air traffic management / / Pravas Mahapatra ; with contributions from Richard J. Doviak, Vladislav Mazur, Dusan S. Zrnič |
| Autore | Mahapatra Pravas |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Institution of Electrical Engineers, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.132/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MazurVladislav
ZrnićDušan S DoviakR. J |
| Collana |
IEE radar, sonar, navigation, and avionics series Aviation weather surveillance systems
IEE radar, sonar, navigation, and avionics series |
| Soggetto topico |
Meteorology in aeronautics
Radar meteorology Aeronautics - Safety measures |
| ISBN |
1-84919-180-8
1-59124-895-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aviation and electronics: a symbiotic relationship -- 1.2 Phases in evolution of aircraft navigation -- 1.3 Modern aviation weather surveillance -- 1.4 Scope and organisation of the book -- 1.5 References -- 2 Basic background of aviation -- 2.1 Goal of aviation systems -- 2.2 Phases of aircraft flight -- 2.2.1 Terminal area operations -- 2.2.2 En route operations -- 2.3 Mechanics of aircraft flight -- 2.4 Aircraft navigation systems -- 2.4.1 En route navigation: dead-reckoning systems -- 2.4.2 En route navigation: position fixing systems -- 2.4.3 Aircraft landing guidance systems -- 2.5 Air traffic control and air traffic services -- 2.6 Radars in aircraft navigation and air traffic control -- 2.7 Aeronautical communication systems -- 2.8 Summary -- 2.9 References -- 3 Atmospheric effects on aviation -- 3.1 Weather as a factor in aviation -- 3.2 Overall effects of weather on aviation -- 3.2.1 Safety -- 3.2.2 Comfort -- 3.2.3 Schedule-keeping -- 3.2.4 Efficiency -- 3.2.5 Economy -- 3.2.6 Combination of factors -- 3.3 Atmospheric phenomena involving air motion -- 3.3.1 Wind shear -- 3.3.2 Turbulence -- 3.4 Hydrometeorological phenomena -- 3.4.1 Rain -- 3.4.2 Snow -- 3.4.3 Hail -- 3.5 Aircraft icing -- 3.6 Low visibility -- 3.7 Atmospheric electrical phenomena -- 3.8 Need for improved aviation weather information -- 3.9 Summary -- 3.10 References -- 4 Origins of harmful atmospheric effects on aircraft -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Structure of atmosphere -- 4.3 Thunderstorms: nature, initiation and evolution -- 4.4 Thunderstorm parameters -- 4.5 Phenomena associated with thunderstorms -- 4.5.1 Divergence and convergence -- 4.5.2 Turbulence -- 4.5.3 Downburst -- 4.5.4 Cyclonic motion and tornadoes.
4.5.5 Rain -- 4.5.6 Hail -- 4.5.7 Lightning, electric fields and atmospherics -- 4.5.8 Icing -- 4.5.9 Poor visibility -- 4.5.10 Overall thunderstorm scenario -- 4.6 Gust fronts and related phenomena -- 4.6.1 Characteristics -- 4.6.2 Outflow-induced waves and bores -- 4.7 Macrobursts and microbursts -- 4.7.1 Microburst types -- 4.7.2 Characteristics -- 4.7.3 Asymmetry -- 4.8 Other sources of atmospheric hazard -- 4.9 Summary -- 4.10 References -- 5 Requirements of systems for aviation weather surveillance -- 5.1 General -- 5.2 Types of weather surveillance systems for aviation -- 5.2.1 In situ and remote sensing -- 5.2.2 Ground-based, airborne and spaceborne sensors -- 5.3 Spatial coverage -- 5.4 Data update rates -- 5.5 Spatial resolution -- 5.6 Data processing and display systems -- 5.6.1 Stages in data processing -- 5.6.2 Display of aviation weather data -- 5.6.3 Requirements of data processing and display systems -- 5.7 Automated operation -- 5.8 Selection of primary sensors -- 5.8.1 Atmospheric parameters monitored for aviation -- 5.8.2 Primary sensors for modern aviation weather surveillance -- 5.9 Summary -- 5.10 References -- 6 Doppler weather radar as a primary aviation weather sensor -- 6.1 General -- 6.2 Basic aspects -- 6.2.1 Weather radar resolution -- 6.2.2 Mapping of weather fields -- 6.2.3 Scattering by raindrops and radar reflectivity of weather -- 6.2.4 Radar echoes from clear air -- 6.2.5 Weather attenuation of radar signals -- 6.2.6 Operating frequencies of weather radars -- 6.3 Conventional weather radar -- 6.3.1 Reflectivity measurement: radar range equation -- 6.3.2 Estimation of rain rates -- 6.3.3 WSR-57 radar -- 6.4 Motivation for developing modern weather sensors -- 6.5 Doppler weather radar: basics -- 6.5.1 Basic principle and limitation -- 6.5.2 Atmospheric wind tracers -- 6.6 Doppler weather radar: primary data products. 6.6.1 Spectral moments of weather echo signals -- 6.6.2 Doppler weather radar system features and architecture -- 6.6.3 Computation of basic data products -- 6.6.3.1 Reflectivity -- 6.6.3.2 Mean radial velocity -- 6.6.3.3 Doppler velocity spectrum width -- 6.6.3.4 Some general aspects of Doppler moment estimation -- 6.6.4 Display of basic products -- 6.6.5 Derivation of vector wind fields -- 6.7 Summary -- 6.8 References -- Colour plates -- 7 Modern Doppler weather radars for aviation -- 7.1 General -- 7.2 WSR-88D system -- 7.2.1 Architecture -- 7.2.2 Parameters -- 7.2.3 System features -- 7.2.4 Dataproducts -- 7.2.5 Performance -- 7.3 Range and velocity ambiguities -- 7.3.1 Nature of problem -- 7.3.2 Minimisation of range overlays -- 7.3.2.1 Low elevation angles -- 7.3.2.2 Middle elevation angles -- 7.3.2.3 High elevation angles -- 7.3.3 Velocity dealiasing -- 7.3.4 Advanced ambiguity resolution methods -- 7.3.5 Potential and futuristic methods -- 7.3.5.1 Spectral decomposition -- 7.3.5.2 Triple-PRF radar observation -- 7.3.5.3 Staggered PRT scheme -- 7.3.5.4 Random phase transmission -- 7.3.5.5 Systematic discrete phase coding -- 7.3.5.6 Single-pulse Doppler estimation -- 7.4 Other special considerations -- 7.4.1 Coverage -- 7.4.2 Siting for terminal area surveillance -- 7.4.2.1 Resolution -- 7.4.2.2 Range coverage -- 7.4.2.3 Low-altitude coverage -- 7.4.2.4 Zone of blindness -- 7.4.2.5 Range ambiguity and overlaid echoes -- 7.4.2.6 Airport configuration -- 7.4.2.7 Comparison of siting alternatives -- 7.4.3 Scanning strategies and modes -- 7.4.4 Data lag -- 7.4.5 Comparison with air route surveillance radar -- 7.5 Terminal Doppler weather radar (TDWR) -- 7.6 Airport surveillance radar with weather channel -- 7.7 Summary -- 7.8 References -- 8 Other sensors and systems for aviation weather -- 8.1 General -- 8.2 Wind profilers. 8.2.1 Conventional wind profiling -- 8.2.2 Radar wind profilers -- 8.3 Radio-acoustic sounding systems (RASS) -- 8.3.1 Basic system -- 8.3.2 RASS augmentation for sensing aircraft icing conditions -- 8.4 Low-level wind shear alert system (LLWAS) -- 8.4.1 Concept and basic configuration -- 8.4.2 Enhanced system -- 8.5 Airborne wind shear detection -- 8.5.1 In situ sensing -- 8.5.2 Forward-looking remote sensing -- 8.6 Airborne turbulence measurement -- 8.7 Automated weather observing systems -- 8.8 Radiometric satellite observation -- 8.9 Airport visibility measurement -- 8.10 Summary -- 8.11 References -- 9 Integrated system approaches -- 9.1 General -- 9.2 Integrated terminal weather system -- 9.2.1 Data integration -- 9.2.2 Automated operation and fully processed output -- 9.2.3 Performance enhancement, versatility and adaptability -- 9.2.4 Predictive capability -- 9.3 Aviation gridded forecast system -- 9.4 Aviation weather products generator -- 9.5 Summary -- 9.6 References -- 10 Automatic detection and tracking of hazardous weather features -- 10.1 General -- 10.2 Basis of automated weather feature detection -- 10.3 Thunderstorm cells -- 10.4 Mesocyclones -- 10.5 Gust fronts -- 10.6 Storm outflows and microbursts -- 10.7 Summary -- 10.8 References -- 11 Atmospheric turbulence and its detection by radar -- 11.1 General -- 11.2 Wind shear and turbulence in meteorological events -- 11.2.1 Thunderstorms -- 11.2.2 Thermal plumes -- 11.2.3 K-H waves -- 11.3 Detection of turbulence with Doppler radar -- 11.4 Statistical theory of turbulence -- 11.4.1 Correlation and spectral functions in the inertial subrange -- 11.4.2 Filtering by the radar's weighting function -- 11.4.3 Variance of point and average velocities -- 11.5 Doppler spectrum width and eddy dissipation rate -- 11.6 Eddy dissipation rates in thunderstorms -- 11.7 Avoiding turbulence. 11.8 Summary -- 11.9 References -- 12 Lightning and aviation -- 12.1 General -- 12.2 Lightning, electric fields and atmospherics -- 12.3 Lightning-aircraft interaction -- 12.4 Weather conditions and lightning strikes to aircraft -- 12.5 Detection and surveillance of lightning phenomena -- 12.6 Lightning threats to aircraft: what else do we need to know? -- 12.7 Summary -- 12.8 References -- 13 Polarisation diversity radars -- 13.1 General -- 13.2 Description -- 13.3 Basic definitions -- 13.4 Propagation effects -- 13.5 Rainfall measurement -- 13.6 Hail detection -- 13.7 Automatic classification and quantification of precipitation -- 13.8 Status and prospects for aviation use -- 13.9 Summary -- 13.10 References -- Index -- BackCover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911004808003321 |
Mahapatra Pravas
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| London : , : Institution of Electrical Engineers, , 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Navigating Weather : A Pilot's Guide to Airborne and Datalink Weather Radar
| Navigating Weather : A Pilot's Guide to Airborne and Datalink Weather Radar |
| Autore | Ison David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ashland : , : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (181 pages) |
| Disciplina | 629.132/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Radar in aeronautics
Airplanes |
| ISBN | 1-64425-122-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- About the Author -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chapter 1. Radar History, Theory, Hardware, and Operation -- History of Radar: From Ancient Greece to the Glass Cockpit -- Radar Theory Basics -- Hardware -- Radar in Action: Operational Principles -- Conclusion -- Quiz -- Chapter 2. Storm Meteorology and Reflectivity -- Introduction -- Basic Storm Attributes -- Atmospheric Warning Signs -- Thunderstorm Disparities -- Examples -- Quiz -- Chapter 3: Airborne Weather Radar Operations -- Introduction -- Contouring/Storm Shapes -- Attenuation -- Sensitivity (Gain) -- Tilt -- Range -- Terrain Mapping with Radar -- Turbulence, Wind Shear Detection, and Other Advanced Features -- Operational Strategies -- Airborne Weather Radar Scenarios -- Chapter 4: Datalink Weather Radar Operations -- Introduction -- Brief History of Datalink Weather -- Sources of Datalink Radar Imagery -- System Operations: FIS-B and SXM -- NTSB Warning -- Strategies When Using Datalink Weather Radar -- Examples -- Quiz -- Appendix: Quiz Answer Keys -- Notes -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Navigating Weather |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795026803321 |
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Ison David
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| Ashland : , : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Navigating Weather : A Pilot's Guide to Airborne and Datalink Weather Radar
| Navigating Weather : A Pilot's Guide to Airborne and Datalink Weather Radar |
| Autore | Ison David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ashland : , : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (181 pages) |
| Disciplina | 629.132/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Radar in aeronautics
Airplanes |
| ISBN | 1-64425-122-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- About the Author -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chapter 1. Radar History, Theory, Hardware, and Operation -- History of Radar: From Ancient Greece to the Glass Cockpit -- Radar Theory Basics -- Hardware -- Radar in Action: Operational Principles -- Conclusion -- Quiz -- Chapter 2. Storm Meteorology and Reflectivity -- Introduction -- Basic Storm Attributes -- Atmospheric Warning Signs -- Thunderstorm Disparities -- Examples -- Quiz -- Chapter 3: Airborne Weather Radar Operations -- Introduction -- Contouring/Storm Shapes -- Attenuation -- Sensitivity (Gain) -- Tilt -- Range -- Terrain Mapping with Radar -- Turbulence, Wind Shear Detection, and Other Advanced Features -- Operational Strategies -- Airborne Weather Radar Scenarios -- Chapter 4: Datalink Weather Radar Operations -- Introduction -- Brief History of Datalink Weather -- Sources of Datalink Radar Imagery -- System Operations: FIS-B and SXM -- NTSB Warning -- Strategies When Using Datalink Weather Radar -- Examples -- Quiz -- Appendix: Quiz Answer Keys -- Notes -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Navigating Weather |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809295503321 |
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Ison David
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| Ashland : , : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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