Clutter-Based Evaporation Duct Estimation Performance Using Meteorological Statistics
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This paper addresses how to assess the performance of refractivity-from-clutter (RFC) techniques in different regions of the world with varying duct strengths and statistics. The performance of evaporation duct estimation is investigated in littoral zones such as the North Sea, Wallops Island, Coast of California, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and Coast of Brazil. The effects of the radar frequency (S, C, and X bands), antenna height, and the complex interaction of these factors with meteorological statistics are studied. An evaporation duct inversion performance map of the Space Range Radar (SPANDAR) is created for the larger Mediterranean/Arabian Sea Region.
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