{"id":2961,"date":"2022-09-12T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movelasers.com\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:48:55","slug":"molas-3d-doppler-scanning-wind-lidar-improves-the-civil-aviation-safety-and-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movelaser.eu\/en\/wind-lidar-case-study\/molas-3d-doppler-scanning-wind-lidar-improves-the-civil-aviation-safety-and-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Molas 3D Doppler Scanning Wind LiDAR Improves The Civil Aviation Safety and Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Wind Shear and Civil Aviation Safety<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Wind shear is an atmospheric phenomenon that is a sudden change in wind speed in the horizontal and vertical directions. Wind shear, especially low-altitude wind shear, is a major factor in many aviation accidents, particularly those involving aircraft. Until recent decades, little was known about its effect on aviation safety, but recent advances in LiDAR technology have helped to improve our understanding of the effects of wind shear. Today, onboard LiDAR is often used to monitor the wind in flight, while the ground-based doppler 3D scanning wind LiDAR can detect changes in wind speed near the airport.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Wind shear is extremely harmful to aviation flight, especially during takeoff and landing, due to the low flight speed, wind shear can have a great effect on the airspeed of the aircraft, resulting in sudden changes in the aircraft’s attitude and altitude, sometimes with disastrous results at low altitudes. In 1985, a plane crashed at Dallas-Fox Airport in the United States, killed 137 people. Since then, wind shear has been studied as an international topic. According to Coleman, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, after 1985, all aircraft in the United States have been equipped with wind shear detectors, and in Canada in the 1990s.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How Does 3D Dopper Scanning Wind Lidar Detect Wind Shear?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A 3-D wind lidar image is a 3D representation of the wind field. The images are usually taken from above. Wind speeds are measured in m\/s. For example, an airplane flying over a runway might experience a 14 m\/s wind speed. The surface wind is light at this height and is opposite to the upper levels of the atmosphere.<\/p>

This type of wind lidar scan uses an optical head that is fixed to a fixed elevation angle. The azimuth, in turn, is constantly iterated from 0 to 360 degrees. This creates a cone surface that is displayed in 2D perspective as a circle.<\/p>

A three-dimensional wind lidar image is a composite of multiple images. The data is interpreted by an expert to produce an accurate prediction for an airport’s condition. It can also be used to identify wind-related conditions. In addition to detecting wind-shear, it can also be used to identify microbursts. If a particular weather event is accompanied by strong wind, an alert is generated.<\/p>

Using this technology, lidar can detect severe weather phenomena that can affect aviation. For example, low-level wind shear is often accompanied by downbursts. In order to detect wind shear, lidar data can be processed and analyzed by a computer algorithm. In addition, lidar data is evaluated for aerosol content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Doppler 3D Scanning Wind LiDAR Glide Path Scanning Principle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Glide path scanning focuses on observing the wind field in the take-off and landing area of \u200b\u200bthe aircraft, and the azimuth and pitch angles change simultaneously during the scanning process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Use PPI mode of 3D Scanning Wind LiDAR to detect Wind Shear<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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PPI scanning principle: Under the condition of constant LiDAR pitch angle, azimuth angle swing scanning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Then use the synthesized C factor to judge the wind shear:<\/p>