Accession Number:

ADA151448

Title:

Skywave Radar Detectability of Volcanic Aersols

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ELECTRONICS RESEARCH LAB ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA)

Personal Author(s):

• Anderson, S. J.

Report Date:

1984-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

During 1982 there occurred several incidents in which commercial jet aircraft suffered engine failure over Indonesia as they passed through clouds of dust injected into the stratosphere by an erupting volcano on Java. This paper presents some theoretical estimates of the detectability of such clouds using over-the-horizon skywave radar. The results imply that detection would not be possible with the JINDALEE Stage B radar.

Descriptors:

• *DUST CLOUDS
• *OVER THE HORIZON RADAR
• AEROSOLS
• DETECTION
• THEORY
• SKY WAVES
• EARTH ATMOSPHERE
• JET AIRCRAFT
• JAVA
• STRATOSPHERE
• VOLCANOES
• AUSTRALIA
• PROBABILITY
• ESTIMATES
• DUST

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE