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Analysis of bird situation around airports using avian radar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2021

W.S. Chen Open the ORCID record for W.S. Chen [Opens in a new window] ,
Y.F. Huang ,
X.F. Lu  and
J. Zhang
W.S. Chen
Affiliation:
wishchen@buaa.edu.cn Airport Research Institute China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology100028BeijingChina
Y.F. Huang
Affiliation:
wishchen@buaa.edu.cn Airport Research Institute China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology100028BeijingChina
X.F. Lu
Affiliation:
wishchen@buaa.edu.cn Airport Research Institute China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology100028BeijingChina
J. Zhang
Affiliation:
wishchen@buaa.edu.cn Airport Research Institute China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology100028BeijingChina
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Abstract

To improve the ability of avian radar to process bird information, a statistical analysis method for the bird situation around airport is proposed based on avian radar data. By accumulating a large amount of avian radar data, hotspots of the activity area of bird targets can be determined and taken as a reference point to realise lifecycle management of each bird target from initiation to continuation and finally death. In the process of target tracking, combined with the particle filter method, the probability of several possible events is estimated, leading to completion of the data association and real-time statistics for the number of targets. The simulation results reveal that this method is superior to the traditional logic method regarding the timeliness of multi-target initiation. With the application of the proposed method to avian radar data, the bird population and its basic activity rules can be discovered by fixing the bird habitats around the airport.

Keywords

Analysis of bird situationAirport avian radarTarget initiationRadar target tracking
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 125 , Issue 1294 , December 2021 , pp. 2149 - 2168
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Aeronautical Society

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