Dynamic radar cross section and radar doppler measurements of commercial general electric windmill power turbines part 1: Predicted and measured radar signatures

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Kent, Brian M ^a   Hill, Kueichien C ^a   Buterbaugh, Alan ^a   Zelinski, Greg ^a   Hawley, Robert ^b   Cravens, Lisa ^b   Tri Van, ^b   Vogel, Christopher ^b   Coveyou, Thomas ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler measurements; Mobile diagnostic measurements; Radar cross sections; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; FORECASTING; GAS TURBINES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; MILLING MACHINES; RADAR; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOWERS; TURBINES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORIES; DECISION MAKERS; DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRIC POWERS; EUROPEAN; GENERAL ELECTRIC; LINE-OF-SITE; LONG-TERM GOALS; METALLIC DEVICES; MOBILE DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENTS; OFF-SHORE; PERFORMANCE IMPACTS; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; POWER INDUSTRIES; POWER TURBINES; RADAR CROSS SECTIONS; RADAR SIGNATURES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBINE TOWERS; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 48849093770     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4562424     Document Type: Article

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