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Comparing Spectral Analysis Methods of the Wind Profiling Radar Echoes

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The Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems

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In order to know the feasibility of the modern spectrum methods being applied in the wind profiling radar, direct transform based on Fast Fourier Translate(FFT), the wavelet technology and maximum entropy method (MEM) are contrasted by using simulated and real data respectively. The results show: when the radar echo is strong, the effect of three methods are equivalent, but when the echo is weak, the MEM spectra is better than others; the MEM can powerfully remove the ground clutter, and the effect of wavelet technology isn’t obvious; the MEM has smoother spectrum and can be used to suppress white noise.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China under the grant number of No. 41005018. The authors would like to thank 23rd Research Institute of China Changfeng Mechanics and Electronics Technology Academy to provide real profiler data for this paper.

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  1. Institute of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China

    Mingbao Hu, Hongbing He, Weihua Ai & Miaoying Li

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  1. College of Physical and Electronic Infor, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

    Baoju Zhang

  2. College of Physical and Electronic Infor, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

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  3. College of Physical and Electronic Infor, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

    Wei Wang

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    Yiming Pi

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Hu, M., He, H., Ai, W., Li, M. (2014). Comparing Spectral Analysis Methods of the Wind Profiling Radar Echoes. In: Zhang, B., Mu, J., Wang, W., Liang, Q., Pi, Y. (eds) The Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 246. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00536-2_57

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