mingmar@cs.mcgill.ca (Ming MAR) (06/30/91)
In article <11351@idunno.Princeton.EDU> stratton@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. Alexander Stratton) writes: >In article enno@technix.oz.au (Enno Davids) writes: >> >>On reading this it struck me that Stealth should be quite visible on the >>Doppler radar systems used at some airports to look for 'wind shear' and >>otherwise track moving air. Comments? >> > To detect wind shear with doppler radar, >the moving air mass must possess enough moisture or aerosol content to >provide enough return signal to the radar. But I'd like to hear what some >radar experts think. > I've cross-posted this because there doesn't seem to be any radar expertise in the sci.aeronautics newsgroup. One question that comes to mind is: what kind of range does a wind shear detection system have anyway?