Airborne radar can also be called Airborne Interception Radar. It is an electronic radar used to equip aircraft for air-to/air missions. Multiple sensors are used to determine the location of a target. One common application of airborne radar involves the detection of hostile missiles or aircraft.
Doppler effect
When airborne radar receives a signal from a target, it will appear to increase in frequency if the target is moving away. The Doppler Effect is responsible for this effect. Doppler-frequency, which is a measure for radial speed, is commonly called "normalized". This property allows radars echo signals from different radar frequencies to be processed in a consistent way.
When waves of different frequencies are directed by an object moving, the Doppler effect is observed. The wave that comes from the point source will be compressed in one direction while being expanded in the other. This effect is magnified when an object moves quickly. The frequency of the sound at the right angles to the motion does not change.
Ground ranging
Ground ranging via airborne radar means using a radar device to detect objects on a ground surface. This technique is common in military reconnaissance and terrain mapping. It is also used to carry out airborne research system and NASA. It can be applied to satellites, including the Russian ALMAZ satellite and the Japanese JERS-1 satellite.
Ground ranging using airborne radar uses high frequency radio waves to detect objects in the ground. This depends on the application. Higher frequencies will reduce the radar's size.
Contouring
It is possible to track storms from the air using radar. This powerful tool is not for everyone. These factors include the time of year, whereabouts, and your judgment. For example, if the contouring of an area is steep, you should avoid flying in that direction.
Contour interpolation can be used to create a contour. This method takes advantage of the redundancy in natural terrain to simplify the process of determining the terrain's height. It works similarly to a conventional topographic map. With contour interpolation, the height of any point in a radar sweep can be interpolated between the height of the contour immediately enclosing the point and the height of other contours. A continuum of points can be created by interpolating these contours' heights.
Attenuation
Attenuation of airborne radar occurs on both the outward and return paths of radar signals. C band radar would encounter a 60 dBZ reflective core and lose 10dBZ in signal strength along the outward pathway. The return path would suffer a 20dBZ loss. This would cause the reflectivity returns of precipitation farther away from the radar to be 20dBZ lower than actual. The S band radar interacting with the same core would experience only twodBZ attenuation.
Attenuation plays an important role in radar technology. It is useful for meteorologists in identifying thunderstorms which may be hundreds of kilometers away. It also creates radar scope shadows which alert airborne planes to potentially dangerous weather conditions, terrain, and cities beneath their flight paths.
Reflection
Reflection is the result of electromagnetic pulses from radars hitting a target. This phenomenon is known as specular reflect. The frequency of the echoes depends on the antenna pattern and the length of the transmitted pulse. The phase of the echos along the track can also vary. The phase of the echoes at nadir points is zero. The phase of echoes changes as the radar moves further away from the target.
The airborne weather conditions also affect the reflection on radar. The radar reflectivity of warmer temperatures tends to be higher towards the surface. In contrast, high reflectivity conditions tend to decrease toward the surface.