Experimental analysis of multistatic multiband radar signatures of wind turbines. Issue 8 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fioranelli, Francesco; Ritchie, Matthew; Balleri, Alessio; Griffiths, Hugh
• Is Part Of: IET radar, sonar & navigation. Volume 10:Issue 8(2016)
• Page Start: 1400
• Page End: 1410
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: wind turbines -- wind power plants -- data acquisition -- radar clutter -- Doppler radar; multistatic multiband radar signature -- wind turbine -- data acquisition -- S‐band radar system -- X‐band radar system -- monostatic radar signature -- bistatic radar signature -- Shrivenham -- UK -- wind farm clutter -- air traffic control -- air defence radar -- bistatic microDoppler signature -- monostatic microDoppler signature -- vertical transmitted polarisation -- vertical received polarisation -- horizontal transmitted polarisation -- horizontal received polarisation; Signal processing -- Periodicals; Radar -- Periodicals; Sonar -- Periodicals; Electronics in navigation -- Periodicals; Navigation -- Periodicals; 621.3848
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2015.0474
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8784

Abstract

Abstract : This study presents the analysis of recent experimental data acquired using two radar systems at S‐band and X‐band to measure simultaneous monostatic and bistatic signatures of operational wind turbines near Shrivenham, UK. Bistatic and multistatic radars are a potential approach to mitigate the adverse effects of wind farm clutter on the performance of radar systems, which is a well‐known problem for air traffic control and air defence radar. This analysis compares the simultaneous monostatic and bistatic micro‐Doppler signatures of two operational turbines and investigates the key differences at bistatic angles up to 23°. The variations of the signature with different polarisations, namely vertical transmitted and vertical received and horizontal transmitted and horizontal received, are also discussed.