Radar measuring of turbulence intensity in clouds and precipitation

This work resolves the task of synthesising a complex algorithm for turbulence detection in weather objects and the measurement of turbulence intensity. The task of radar detection and measurement of turbulence in clouds has been urgent for several decades. Two main groups of informative parameters of echo-signal are known: amplitude (connected with reflectivity) and spectral (connected with Doppler spectrum). They display the characteristics of turbulence in two different ways. Their applications give various results not only in quantitative but also in qualitative terms. The valuation of spectral parameters permits the site of the turbulent zone to be rather precisely attached to the coordinates of the scattering volume. The application of amplitude parameters gives only the integrated valuation of turbulence danger in a rather extensive zone of cloud as a whole. Nevertheless, the idea of using the parameters of both groups remains a fruitful one. The given work shows some new opportunities for the localization of turbulent zones with the help of conventional airborne weather radar