scholarly journals Retrieving 3D Wind Field from Phased Array Radar Rapid Scans

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Qiu ◽  
Qin Xu ◽  
Chongjian Qiu ◽  
Kang Nai ◽  
Pengfei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Field ◽  
Adjoint Method ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Elevation Angle ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
New Method ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Phased Array Radar ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Vertical Winds

The previous two-dimensional simple adjoint method for retrieving horizontal wind field from a time sequence of single-Doppler scans of reflectivity and/or radial velocity is further developed into a new method to retrieve both horizontal and vertical winds at high temporal and spatial resolutions. This new method performs two steps. First, the horizontal wind field is retrieved on the conical surface at each tilt (elevation angle) of radar scan. Second, the vertical velocity field is retrieved in a vertical cross-section along the radar beam with the horizontal velocity given from the first step. The method is applied to phased array radar (PAR) rapid scans of the storm winds and reflectivity in a strong microburst event and is shown to be able to retrieve the three-dimensional wind field around a targeted downdraft within the storm that subsequently produced a damaging microburst. The method is computationally very efficient and can be used for real-time applications with PAR rapid scans.

scholarly journals A Simulation Experiment to Retrieve the Atmospheric Density and Three-Dimensional Wind Field by Double Falling Spheres

Atmosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1312
Author(s):  
Yue Wu ◽  
Zheng Sheng ◽  
Xinjie Zuo ◽  
Minghao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Field ◽  
Simulation Experiment ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Vertical Wind ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Atmospheric Density ◽  
Falling Sphere ◽  
Falling Spheres

Falling-sphere sounding remains an important method for in situ determination in the middle atmosphere and is the only determination method within the altitude range of 60–100 km. Traditional single-falling-sphere sounding indicates only the atmospheric density and horizontal wind but not the vertical wind; the fundamental reason is that the equation set for retrieving atmospheric parameters is underdetermined. For tractability, previous studies assumed the vertical wind, which is much smaller than the horizontal wind, to be small or zero. Obtaining vertical wind profiles necessitates making the equations positive definite or overdetermined. An overdetermined equation set consisting of six equations, by which the optimal solution of density and three-dimensional wind can be obtained, can be established by the double-falling-sphere method. Hence, a simulation experiment is designed to retrieve the atmospheric density and three-dimensional wind field by double falling spheres. In the inversion results of the simulation experiment, the retrieved density is consistent with the constructed atmospheric density in magnitude; the density deviation rate does not generally exceed 20% (less than 5% below 60 km). The atmospheric density retrieved by the double-falling-sphere method is more accurate at low altitudes than the single-falling-sphere method. The vertical wind below 50 km and horizontal wind retrieved by double-falling-sphere method is highly consistent with the constructed average wind field. Additionally, the wind field deviation formula is deduced. These results establish the fact that the double-falling-sphere method is effective in detecting atmospheric density and three-dimensional wind.

scholarly journals The next generation airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vivekanandan ◽  
W.-C. Lee ◽  
E. Loew ◽  
J. L. Salazar ◽  
V. Grubišić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Airborne Radar ◽  
Dual Polarization ◽  
Polarization Measurements ◽  
Phased Array Radar ◽  
X Band ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Airborne Phased Array Radar

Abstract. Results from airborne field deployments emphasized the need to obtain concurrently high temporal and spatial resolution measurements of 3-D winds and microphysics. A phased array radar on an airborne platform using dual-polarization antenna has the potential for retrieving high-resolution, collocated 3-D winds and microphysical measurements. Recently, ground-based phased array radar (PAR) has demonstrated the high time-resolution estimation of accurate Doppler velocity and reflectivity of precipitation and clouds when compared to mechanically scanning radar. PAR uses the electronic scanning (e-scan) to rapidly collect radar measurements. Since an airborne radar has a limited amount of time to collect measurements over a specified sample volume, the e-scan will significantly enhance temporal and spatial resolution of airborne radar observations. At present, airborne weather radars use mechanical scans, and they are not designed for collecting dual-polarization measurements to remotely estimate microphysics. This paper presents a possible configuration of a novel airborne phased array radar (APAR) to be installed on an aircraft for retrieving improved dynamical and microphysical scientific products. The proposed APAR would replace the aging, X-band Electra Doppler radar (ELDORA). The ELDORA X-band radar's penetration into precipitation is limited by attenuation. Since attenuation at C-band is lower than at X-band, the design specification of a C-band airborne phased array radar (APAR) and its measurement accuracies are presented. Preliminary design specifications suggest the proposed APAR will meet or exceed ELDORA's current sensitivity, spatial resolution and Doppler measurement accuracies of ELDORA and it will also acquire dual-polarization measurements.

A New Method to Deploy and Control the Distributed Jamming against Phased-Array Radar

2013 ◽  
Vol 416-417 ◽  
pp. 817-821
Author(s):  
Xin Yu Wang ◽  
Jun He ◽  
Zhen Biao Hu ◽  
Kai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Target Detection ◽  
Detection Probability ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
New Method ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Phased Array Radar ◽  
And Control

Reasonable deployment and effective control can help the distributed jammers to function better. According to the counter-jamming theory of PAR, a new method is presented to deploy the distributed jammers which can provide the azimuth and distance of each jammer to enhance its jamming effects. After the jammers are located, computers are adopted to control the distributed jammers which should be turned on/off properly for suitable duration. The target detection probability under jamming condition is selected to evaluate the jamming effects, and the experiment results show that this method has steady jamming effects against PAR.

scholarly journals Numerical simulations of thermospheric dynamics: divergence as a proxy for vertical winds

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 2491-2502 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Cooper ◽  
M. Conde ◽  
P. Dyson
Keyword(s):  
Wind Field ◽  
Local Heating ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Vertical Wind ◽  
Neutral Atmosphere ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Vertical Winds

Abstract. A local scale, time dependent three-dimensional model of the neutral thermosphere was used to test the applicability of two previously published empirical relations between thermospheric vertical wind and velocity divergence, i.e., those due to Burnside et al. (1981) and Brekke (1997). The model self-consistently solves for vertical winds driven by heat and momentum deposited into the neutral atmosphere by high latitude ion convection. The Brekke condition accurately mimicked the overall "shape" of the three-dimensional model vertical wind field although, as written, it consistently overestimated the vertical wind magnitude by a factor of approximately 5/3, for the heating scenarios that we considered. This same general behavior was observed regardless of whether the forcing was static or rapidly changing with time. We discuss the likely reason for the Brekke condition overestimating the magnitude of our vertical winds, and suggest an alternative condition that should better describe vertical winds that are driven by local heating. The applicability of the Burnside condition was, by contrast, quite variable. During static heating, both the magnitude and the sign of the model vertical winds were predicted reliably at heights above those of maximum energy and momentum deposition per unit mass. However, below the thermal forcing, the Burnside condition predicted vertical winds of the wrong sign. It also introduced significant artefacts into the predicted vertical wind field when the forcing changed suddenly with time. If these results are of general applicability (which seems likely, given the way these relations are derived) then the Burnside condition could usually be used safely at altitudes above hmF2. But it should be avoided below this height at all times, and even at high altitudes during periods of dynamic forcing. While the Brekke condition (or our modified version of it) could likely be used in all circumstances, there are few experimental scenarios for which this would be useful. This is because evaluation of the Brekke condition would not usually be possible unless the vertical wind was already known in advance.

A Discussion on recent research in air pollution - The dispersion of pollutants in the free atmosphere by the large scale wind systems

1969 ◽  
Vol 265 (1161) ◽  
pp. 273-294 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Field ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Wind Fields ◽  
Free Atmosphere ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Small Factor ◽  
Numerical Forecast

The travel and dispersion of pollutants in the free atmosphere m ay be investigated by the direct measurement of the distributions of tracer materials such as water vapour, ozone and radioactive substances. Another method is to study the spread of pollutants from a constant point source or the expansion of large clusters, by using air trajectories found by tracking balloons or estimated from sequences of wind values obtained from synoptic charts. So far these latter techniques have usually only taken horizontal motions into account since the balloons are normally maintained at constant levels and the winds taken from the charts have been assumed to be geostrophic. In principle the effect of large (synoptic) scale vertical motions can be included by using the component wind fields given at the different time steps of a numerical forecast integration to construct suitable three-dimensional trajectories. A pilot study of this type at the 900, 700, 500 and 300 m bar pressure levels (90, 70, 50 and 30kN m ~2) using the results of a 24 h numerical forecast by the Meteorological Office’s 10 level model is described. In the case studied the use of constant level trajectories gave horizontal dispersions (variances of the trajectory end points relative to their centre of gravity) which differed by only small amounts from those due to the three dimensional trajectories. The zonal variances exceeded the meridional variances by a small factor and both were 4 to 6 orders greater than those of the corresponding variances in the vertical. In each case for at least 12 to 18 h they were all roughly proportional to the square of the time after release (the ‘short time’ case). The large scale clusters rapidly distorted at rates which increased with their initial size and also with the deformation components of the wind field. At these scales deformation plays a major role in the apparent dispersion and the mean values of total deformation so obtained agreed satisfactorily with those calculated from a kinematic analysis of the horizontal wind field.

The Dynamic Response of the Hurricane Wind Field to Spiral Rainband Heating

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1779-1805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumin Moon ◽  
David S. Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Wind Field ◽  
Diabatic Heating ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Secondary Circulation ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Wind Maximum ◽  
Hurricane Wind ◽  
Spiral Rainband ◽  
Anelastic Equations ◽  
Spiral Rainbands

Abstract The response of the hurricane wind field to spiral rainband heating is examined by using a three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic, linear model of the vortex–anelastic equations. Diabatic heat sources, which are designed in accordance with previous observations of spiral rainbands, are made to rotate with the flow around the hurricane-like wind field of a balanced, axisymmetric vortex. Common kinematic features are recovered, such as the overturning secondary circulation, descending midlevel radial inflow, and cyclonically accelerated tangential flow on the radially outward side of spiral rainbands. Comparison of the responses to the purely convective and stratiform rainbands indicates that the overturning secondary circulation is mostly due to the convective part of the rainband and is stronger in the upwind region, while midlevel radial inflow descending to the surface is due to the stratiform characteristics of the rainband and is stronger in the downwind region. The secondary horizontal wind maximum is exhibited in both convective and stratiform parts of the rainband, but it tends to be stronger in the downwind region. The results indicate that the primary effects of rainbands on the hurricane wind field are caused by the direct response to diabatic heating in convection embedded in them and that the structure of the diabatic heating is primarily responsible for their unique kinematic structures. Sensitivity tests confirm the robustness of the results. In addition, the response of the hurricane wind field to the rainband heating is, in the linear limit, the sum of the asymmetric potential vorticity and symmetric transverse circulations.

scholarly journals The next generation airborne polarimetric Doppler weather radar

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vivekanandan ◽  
W.-C. Lee ◽  
E. Loew ◽  
J. L. Salazar ◽  
V. Grubišić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Airborne Radar ◽  
High Time Resolution ◽  
Dual Polarization ◽  
Phased Array Radar ◽  
X Band ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Airborne Phased Array Radar

Abstract. Results from airborne field deployments emphasized the need to obtain concurrently high temporal and spatial resolution measurements of 3-D winds and microphysics. A phased array radar on an airborne platform using dual-polarization antenna has the potential for retrieving high resolution, collocated 3-D winds and microphysical measurements. Recently, ground-based phased array radar (PAR) demonstrated the high time resolution estimation of accurate Doppler velocity and reflectivity of precipitation and clouds when compared to mechanically scanning radar. PAR uses the electronic scanning (e-scan) to rapidly collect radar measurements. Since an airborne radar has a limited amount of time to collect measurements over a specified sample volume, the e-scan will significantly enhance temporal and spatial resolution of airborne radar observations. At present, airborne weather radars use mechanical scan, and they are not designed for collecting dual-polarization measurements to remotely estimate microphysics. This paper presents a possible configuration of a novel Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) to be installed on an aircraft for retrieving improved dynamical and microphysical scientific products. The proposed APAR would replace the aging, X-band Electra Doppler radar (ELDORA). The ELDORA X-band radar's penetration into precipitation is limited by attenuation. Since attenuation at C-band is lower than at X-band, the design specification of a C-band airborne phased array radar (APAR) and its measurement accuracies are presented.

scholarly journals Spectral Analysis of Gravity Waves from Near Space High-Resolution Balloon Data in Northwest China

Atmosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang He ◽  
Zheng Sheng ◽  
Mingyuan He
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Radiosonde Data ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Height Range ◽  
Near Space

Using a set of near space high-resolution balloon data released in Hami, Xinjiang, we explored the spectral characteristics of temperature fluctuations and three-dimensional wind field fluctuations. As different from previous studies, which were based on radiosondes, we have increased the height range of spectral analysis to the stratosphere (38 km), which can explore the variation of spectral features with altitude, and can analyze higher wavenumber regions. The results show that horizontal wind field disturbances are isotropic, meridional and zonal winds have relatively consistent spectral structures, while vertical wind fluctuations have completely different spectral structures, which cannot be explained by the existing “universal spectrum” theory. The observed spectrum of horizontal wind field can be explained well by the “wind-shifting” theory. The ratio of spectral kinetic energy to potential energy is approximately constant only in the high wavenumber region but it varies at different height intervals. This study is a necessary extension of the observation for the characteristics of the vertical wavenumber spectrum in northwestern China, and it is also an experimental observation of spectral characteristics using radiosonde data at higher altitudes.

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