This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the science, sensors, and systems that form modern aviation weather surveillance systems. Focusing on radar-based surveillance, it presents logical, incremental detail on the fundamentals of the various disciplines involved and their complex interplay. This includes giving a background to aviation systems and control, atmospheric and meteorological aspects, weather issues in relation to aviation, and broad coverage of modern aviation weather surveillance and information systems, including detailed material on Doppler weather radar, plus new generation atmospheric sensors.
Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems is an excellent resource for civil and military aviation professionals; electronic engineers, especially those working in radar; meteorologists; pilots; and flight crews.
Pravas R. Mahapatra is a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research is focused on topics in aerospace and electronics systems. His experience includes significant periods of post-doctoral research in the United States at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), California Institute of Technology and the University of Oklahoma. He has authored or coauthored over 100 papers, and was the recipient of the 1993 IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize.