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Final Report for Waterfowl Recognition Algorithm

Quine, Douglas B.; Larkin, Ronald P.

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Title
Final Report for Waterfowl Recognition Algorithm
Author(s)
  • Quine, Douglas B.
  • Larkin, Ronald P.
Issue Date
1986-03-06
Keyword(s)
  • Radar
  • Next generation weather radar
  • Bird detection by radar
  • NEXRAD
  • Computer algorithms
Abstract
Bird-aircraft coll lslons cost the United States Air Force mlll Ions of dollars annually and are l lkely to Increase because there Is Increasing emphasis on low-level fl lghts where bird hazards are especially· severe. Larkin proposed In 1982 that Next Generation Weather Radar be used to provide a real-time warning to aircraft of hazardous concentrations of birds; funding for this research commenced September 15, 1984. In the first year of this project, Quine and Larkin have Identified a number of factors which can be used to discriminate birds from weather on NEXRAD prototype radars and have Integrated these factors Into a pref lmlnary waterfowl recognition algorithm.
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Glen Sanderson Collection no. 2767
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/114315
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
U.S. Air Force, AFESC/DEVN (U.S. Air Force) Contract FO8637-84-C0062
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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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