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Title: Removal of bird contamination in wind profiler signal spectra.

Abstract

The problem of bird interference with radar performance is as old as radar itself; however, the problem specific to wind profiler operation has not drawn the attention of researchers until the last 5 or 6 years. Since then, the problem has been addressed in many publications and several ways to solve it have been indicated. Recent advances in radar hardware and software made the last generation of profilers much more immune to bird contamination. However, many older profilers are still in use; errors in averaged (hourly) winds due to bird interference may be as high as 15 m/s. The objective of the present study is to develop a practical method to derive mean winds from averaged spectral data of a 915-MHz wind profiler under the condition of bird contamination.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
10836
Report Number(s):
ANL/ER/CP-96606
TRN: AH200127%%424
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Vienna (AT), 07/06/1998--07/10/1998; Other Information: PBD: 5 Jun 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; BIRDS; PERFORMANCE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRA; CORRECTIONS; WIND; FLOW RATE; DATA COVARIANCES

Citation Formats

Pekour, M S. Removal of bird contamination in wind profiler signal spectra.. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Pekour, M S. Removal of bird contamination in wind profiler signal spectra.. United States.
Pekour, M S. 1998. "Removal of bird contamination in wind profiler signal spectra.". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10836.
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abstractNote = {The problem of bird interference with radar performance is as old as radar itself; however, the problem specific to wind profiler operation has not drawn the attention of researchers until the last 5 or 6 years. Since then, the problem has been addressed in many publications and several ways to solve it have been indicated. Recent advances in radar hardware and software made the last generation of profilers much more immune to bird contamination. However, many older profilers are still in use; errors in averaged (hourly) winds due to bird interference may be as high as 15 m/s. The objective of the present study is to develop a practical method to derive mean winds from averaged spectral data of a 915-MHz wind profiler under the condition of bird contamination.},
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year = {Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
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