Publications
A description of the interfaces between the Weather Systems Processor (WSP) and the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-9)
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The Weather Systems Processor (WSP) is an enhancement for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) current generation Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR-9) that provides fully automated detection of microburst and gust front wind shear phenomena, estimates of storm cell movement and extrapolated future postion, and 10- and 20-minute predictions of the future...
ASR-9 Weather Systems Processor (WSP): wind shear algorithms performance assessment
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Under Federal Aviation Administration sponsorship, Lincoln Laboratory has developed a prototype Airport Surveillance Radar Weather Systems Processor (ASR-WSP). This prototype has been used for field measurements and operational demonstrations since 1987. Measurements so acquired provide an extensive database for development and validation of the algorithms used by the WSP to...
Assessment of the delay aversion benefits of the Airport Surveillence Radar (ASR) Weather Systems Processor (WSP)
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The Weather Systems Processor (WSP) modification to existing Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR-9) significantly enhances the functionality of the radar with respect to hazardous weather detection and tracking. Dedicated alphanumeric and color graphic displays alert controllers to hazardous wind shear conditions on the runways or final approach/initial departure flight corridors, show...
ASR-9 Weather System Processor (WSP): wind shear algorithms performance assessment
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Lincoln Laboratory has developed a prototype Airport Surveillance Radar Weather Systems Processor (ASR-WSP) that has been used for field measurements and operational demonstrations since 1987. Measurements acquired with this prototype provide an extensive data base for development and validation of the algorithms the WSP uses to generate operational wind shear...
Data processing techniques for airport surveillance radar weather sensing
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Discusses data processing techniques that can provide high quality, automated weather information using the FAA's existing Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR-9). The cost of modifying the ASR-9 is significantly less than that for deployment of the dedicated terminal Doppler weather radar. These techniques have been implemented on a prototype ASR-9 weather...
Comparative analysis of ground-based wind shear detection radars
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The UNISYS Corporation has developed a microburst prediction radar (MBPR) to provide detection and short-term predictions of the most hazardous form of low altitude wind shear in the vicinity of an airport. The MBPR is intended for deployment on- or near-airport so as to minimize range coverage (and associated radar...
An advanced weather surveillance processor for airport surveillance radars
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This paper describes an enhanced weather processor for the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-9) that will include Doppler wind estimation for the detection of low altitude wind shear, scan-to-scan tracking to provide estimates of the speed and direction of storm movement and suppression of spurious weather reports currently...
Low altitude wind shear detection using airport surveillance radars
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This paper describes an enhanced weather processor for the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-9) that will include Doppler wind estimation for the detection of low altitude wind shear, scan-to-scan tracking to provide estimates of the speed and direction of storm movement and suppression' of spurious weather reports currently...
Variable-PRI processing for meteorologic Doppler radars
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In this communication we described how, with nonuniform sampling, the concept of bandlimited extrapolation can be used to obtain unambiguous Doppler velocity estimates in the supra-Nyquist region. The proposed method coherently processes a multi-PRI sample using a generalized form of periodogram analysis. The work is described in the context of...
Assessment of the weather detection capability of an Airport Surveillance Radar with solid-state transmitter
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The Federal Aviation Administration may acquire a new Airport Surveillance Radar-ASR-11-to replace aging ASR-7s and ASR-8s with a digital terminal radar consistent with Advanced Automation System requirements. A survey of the radar manufacturing industry suggests that a solid-state transmitter will likely be a component of this radar. The ASR-11 will...