Migrating birds : assessment of impact on 915-MHz radar wind profiler performance at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's southern great plains.

Conference · Wed Mar 13 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:795845

Pekour, M S

The U. S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program is running a small network of 915-MHz radar wind profilers (RWPs) at its Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed site in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. Seasonal migration of passerines may cause significant interference with the operation of 915-MHz RWPs. The extent of this ''bird jamming'' depends on the radar's parameters, the place of deployment, the season, and the time of day. This poster presents a new diagnostic method for detecting possible bird contamination in RWP data, along with an evaluation of the method using a three-year data set for two RWPs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 795845
• Report Number(s): ANL/ER/CP-106358; TRN: US200214%%649
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans (ISARS2002), Rome (IT), 06/24/2002--06/28/2002; Other Information: PBD: 13 Mar 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIRDS
KANSAS
OKLAHOMA
PERFORMANCE
RADAR
REMOTE SENSING
MIGRATION
MHZ RANGE 100-1000
NOISE POLLUTION