Automated Detection Of Microburst Windshear For Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

Mark W. Merritt

doi:10.1117/12.942645

25 January 1987 Automated Detection Of Microburst Windshear For Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

Mark W. Merritt

Proceedings Volume 0846, Digital Image Processing and Visual Communications Technologies in Meteorology; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942645
Event: Cambridge Symposium on Optics in Medicine and Visual Image Processing, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An image analysis method is presented for use in detecting strong windshear events, called microbursts, in Doppler weather radar images. This technique has been developed for use in a completely automated surveil-lance system being procured by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the protection of airport terminal areas. The detection system must distill the rapidly evolving radar imagery into brief textual warning messages in real time, with high reliability.

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Mark W. Merritt "Automated Detection Of Microburst Windshear For Terminal Doppler Weather Radar", Proc. SPIE 0846, Digital Image Processing and Visual Communications Technologies in Meteorology, (25 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942645

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