Effects of Atmospheric Refraction on an Airborne Weather Radar Detection and Correction Method

Table 1

Initial flight parameters and radar parameters.

Name of parameters	Unit	Initial value	Scope	Meaning
Height	m	1500; 0	0~1500	Initial descending height; Initial take-off height
	m	0	0~1500	Vertical distance of the target from the airplane as the airplane changes altitude
	°	60	0~359	Flight course
	°	5, 10, 30	−60~60	Pitch angle of vertical electrical scan
Dis	m	0	0~20000	Horizontal distance from the plane
radial	m	0	0~20000	Actual radial distance of electromagnetic wave beam
	GHz	9.3		Radar frequency
		1		Radar pulse width
PRF	Hz	1736		Pulse repetition frequency