Impact of wind turbines On ATC radars and mitigation results

This paper first describes the impact of wind turbines on air traffic control (ATC) radar based on theoretical modeling and simulation. Real data are collected from operational ATC radar sites surrounded by major wind farms and analyzed to demonstrate features of wind turbine signals. A series of sy...

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Published in2013 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarCon13) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Jian Wang, Lok, Yuchoi F., Hubbard, Oliver, Fournier, Bradley, Palevsky, Alan
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2013
Subjects
Atmospheric modeling
Doppler effect
Doppler radar
Radar cross-sections
Spaceborne radar
Wind turbines
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Summary:This paper first describes the impact of wind turbines on air traffic control (ATC) radar based on theoretical modeling and simulation. Real data are collected from operational ATC radar sites surrounded by major wind farms and analyzed to demonstrate features of wind turbine signals. A series of systematic mitigation methods are proposed and implemented for the existing ATC radar to improve the aircraft detection and tracking performance over the wind farm area. The experimental results from field trials are presented to verify the effectiveness of each method.
ISBN:9781467357920
1467357928
ISSN:1097-5659
2375-5318
DOI:10.1109/RADAR.2013.6586095