Circulation Retrieval of Wake Vortices under Rainy Conditions with an X Band Radar

Jean-Yves Schneider Gilles Beauquet Frédéric Barbaresco

Jean-Yves Schneider, Gilles Beauquet, Frédéric Barbaresco. Circulation Retrieval of Wake Vortices under Rainy Conditions with an X Band Radar[J]. Journal of Radars, 2017, 6(6): 673-699. doi: 10.12000/JR17070
Citation: Jean-Yves Schneider, Gilles Beauquet, Frédéric Barbaresco. Circulation Retrieval of Wake Vortices under Rainy Conditions with an X Band Radar[J]. Journal of Radars, 2017, 6(6): 673-699. doi: 10.12000/JR17070

Circulation Retrieval of Wake Vortices under Rainy Conditions with an X Band Radar

DOI: 10.12000/JR17070
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    Author Bio:

    Jean-Yves Schneider, Engineer specialist in Advanced Studies

    Dr Gilles Beauquet, Engineer specialist in Electromagnetic modelling

    Frédéric Barbaresco, Thales senior expert in the processing & computing domain for Thales Land & Air Systems

    Corresponding author: Jean-Yves Schneider. E-mail: jean-yves-j.schneider@thalesgroup.com
  • Figure  1.  THALES X-band RADAR

    Figure  2.  Location of THALES X-band RADAR

    Figure  3.  RADAR scanning domain (horizontal)

    Figure  4.  RADAR scanning domain (vertical)

    Figure  5.  Global architecture of RADAR system deployed in PARIS-CDG

    Figure  6.  X-band RADAR modes available

    Figure  7.  Notations used to define a scenario

    Figure  8.  Mean Doppler velocity as a function of range-Case of A319-Beam elevation 5°

    Figure  9.  Comparison between TL(max) and its fitted function-All beams

    Figure  10.  Comparison between TR(min) and its fitted function- All beams

    Figure  11.  Block diagram of wake vortex processing

    Figure  12.  Range evaluation-A380-RADAR beam elevation 5°

    Figure  13.  Elevation evaluation-A380-RADAR beam elevation 5°

    Figure  14.  Circulation evaluation-A380-RADAR beam elevation 5°

    Figure  15.  Range/Doppler map-Impact of ground clutter

    Figure  16.  Pre-processing-A342-2015/01/28 05:22-All beams-scan 2

    Figure  17.  Vmin & Vmax-A342-2015/01/28 05:22-All beams

    Figure  18.  DL & DR-A342-2015/01/28 05:22-All beams

    Figure  19.  Data availability-Threshold 27R landing recordings

    Figure  20.  Histogram of instantaneous wind direction (MET data)

    Figure  21.  Histogram of instantaneous wind speed (mean=5.4 m/s, MET data)

    Figure  22.  Durations of vortices for all landing aircraft per category-Threshold 27R

    Figure  23.  Coefficient a versus b0 (all categories)-Threshold 27R

    Figure  24.  Histogram of measured Vmin & Vmax (all categories)-Threshold 27R

    Table  1.   Statistics about observed landing aircrafts

    Number of recordings
    (Any SNR)
    category M: category H: category S: Number of recordings in presence
    of rain (SNRe≥5 dB)
    category M: category H: category S:
    26924 18411 7380 1131 7936 5403 2193 340
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    Table  2.   Calculation of detection probability 1/2

    WTC (Wake
    Turbulence Category)
    SNR > 5 dB SNR > 10 dB
    detected/total detected/total
    Cat. M 1734/2332 (74.4%) 1362/1803 (75.5%)
    Cat. H 740/820 (90.2%) 573/632 (90.7%)
    Cat. S 154/169 (91.1%) 103/113 (91.2%)
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    Table  3.   Calculation of detection probability 2/2

    WTC SNR > 15 dB SNR > 20 dB
    detected/total detected/total
    Cat. M 1001/1282 (78.1%) 472/632 (74.7%)
    Cat. H 394/436 (90.4%) 211/226 (93.4%)
    Cat. S 64/70 (91.4%) 27/30 (90.0%)
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    Table  4.   Statistical results

    Category Npoints $\nu $avg (m/s) $\sigma $avg (m/s) $\nu $mode (m/s)
    All 2639 2,10 0,89 1,75
    M 1879 1,94 0,79 1,75
    H 638 2,49 0,95 1,75
    S 2639 2,10 0,89 1,75
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  • 收稿日期:  2017-07-11
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