Exploring the Skies: Technological Challenges in Radar Aeroecology

TY - CHAP

T1 - Exploring the Skies: Technological Challenges in Radar Aeroecology

AU - Gurbuz, Sevgi Zubeyde

AU - Reynolds, Don R.

AU - Koistinen, Jarmo

AU - Liechti, Felix

AU - Leijnse, Hidde

AU - Shamoun-Baranes, Judy

AU - Dokter, Adriaan M.

AU - Kelly, Jeffrey

AU - Chapman, Jason W.

N1 - Data Archiving: no NIOO data

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Aeroecology is an emerging interdisciplinary science focused on the study of airborne organisms with the aim of deepening understanding about the ecological functions of the aerosphere and the bio-organisms that move through it. In addition to having important applications to the understanding of animal migration and foraging movements, global pest and disease control, biodiversity and conservation issues, and monitoring of the effects of climate change, aeroecology has also been critical in ensuring the safety of military and civilian aircraft from bird strikes. Although the capability of radar to observe bioscatter has been known for nearly 70 years, radar aeroecology has now entered an exciting new phase, with the prospect of continent-wide monitoring of flying animals by means of networks of operational weather radars. In this work, the technological challenges of using radar for the detection, characterization, and monitoring of birds, bats, and insects is discussed in detail. Current efforts to further develop radar signal processing algorithms for aeroecology is discussed in light of a multi-national European research initiative, ENRAM.

AB - Aeroecology is an emerging interdisciplinary science focused on the study of airborne organisms with the aim of deepening understanding about the ecological functions of the aerosphere and the bio-organisms that move through it. In addition to having important applications to the understanding of animal migration and foraging movements, global pest and disease control, biodiversity and conservation issues, and monitoring of the effects of climate change, aeroecology has also been critical in ensuring the safety of military and civilian aircraft from bird strikes. Although the capability of radar to observe bioscatter has been known for nearly 70 years, radar aeroecology has now entered an exciting new phase, with the prospect of continent-wide monitoring of flying animals by means of networks of operational weather radars. In this work, the technological challenges of using radar for the detection, characterization, and monitoring of birds, bats, and insects is discussed in detail. Current efforts to further develop radar signal processing algorithms for aeroecology is discussed in light of a multi-national European research initiative, ENRAM.

U2 - 10.1109/RADAR.2015.7131108

DO - 10.1109/RADAR.2015.7131108

M3 - Contribution to conference proceedings

SN - 9781479982332

SP - 817

EP - 822

BT - 2015 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarCon 2015)

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

ER -