Title
Radar placement based on a geometric uncertainty multiplier reduction criterion
Abstract
In this paper the problem of retrieving wind field information from Doppler radar data motivates the formulation of a method to design radar network configurations. The problem of estimating wind velocities from radar data is posed and used to construct a certain retrieval operator. This operator contains a factor that may be interpreted as an uncertainty multiplier. It depends on the geometry of the configuration of the radar network. The uncertainty multiplier is shown to vary continuously with perturbations of the network configuration. It is also shown to be a generalization of the Doppler angle condition used in meteorology. Numerical examples are presented to determine a network of five radars minimizing the uncertainty multiplier for the problem. Also, a configuration of sites is determined that maximizes the area of the Doppler region.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s10589-007-9100-6
Comp. Opt. and Appl.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Wind field retrieval,Optimization,Radar data
Pulse-Doppler radar,Radar,Radar engineering details,Continuous-wave radar,Doppler radar,Radar tracker,Control theory,Multiplier (economics),Radar horizon,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
41
1
0926-6003
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.48
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luther White1167.80
Alan Shapiro2113.72
Frances White330.99