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Foundations for Innovative Application of Airborne Radars

Functionality Enhancement for Measuring the Water Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind

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Authors:
  1. Alexey Nekrasov

    1. Institute for Computer Technologies and Information Security, Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Russia

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  • Presents airborne radars functionality analysis and enhancement
  • Demonstrates methods for measuring water surface backscattering
  • Provides a wealth of measuring algorithms

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences (BRIEFSEARTH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 1-3

  3. Water-Surface Backscattering and Wind Retrieval

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 5-11

  4. FM-CW Demonstrator System as an Instrument for Measuring Sea-Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 13-34

  5. Doppler Navigation System Application for Measuring Backscattering Signature and Wind Over Water

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 35-59

  6. Measuring Water-Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind by Means of Airborne Weather Radar

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 61-80

  7. Water-Surface Wind Retrieval Using Airborne Radar Altimeter

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 81-101

  8. Near-Nadir Wind Estimation Over Water with Airborne Precipitation Radar

    • Alexey Nekrasov
    Pages 103-112

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 113-113
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About this book

This book discusses methods for measuring the water surface backscattering signature and estimating the near-surface wind vector over water using airborne radars, in addition to their standard application. Airborne FMCW demonstrator system, Doppler navigation system, airborne weather radar, airborne radar altimeter, and airborne precipitation radar are analyzed in order to be used for that purpose. The radars functionality is enhanced for their operation in a scatterometer mode. A circle flight and/or a rectilinear flight of an aircraft over the water surface is considered depending on the radar design features to perform measurements of the azimuth normalized radar cross section curve of the water surface and/or the near-surface wind speed and direction. Flight recommendations to perform measurements along with algorithms for measuring the water surface backscattering signature and for retrieval of the wind speed and direction over water are presented.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Computer Technologies and Information Security, Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Russia

    Alexey Nekrasov

About the author

Alexey Nekrasov received the diploma in radio engineering, the Ph.D. degree and the academic title of Associate Professor from Taganrog State University of Radio Engineering, Taganrog, Russia, in 1991, 1998, and 2000, respectively. He is an Associate Professor and a Senior Scientist at the Southern Federal University, Russia. He has been an expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Science Foundation, a recipient of 24 international grants and awards, and a reviewer for various IEEE, MDPI, and IET journals.

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