Observation of Aircraft Wake Vortex Evolution under Crosswind Conditions by Pulsed Coherent Doppler Lidar
Open Access
- 31 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Atmosphere
- Vol. 12 (1), 49
- https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010049
Abstract
The observation and identification of wake vortex are considered important factors to reduce aviation accidents and increase airport capacity. In addition to aircraft parameters, the evolution process of the wake vortex is strongly related to atmospheric conditions, including crosswind, headwind, atmospheric turbulence, and temperature stratification. Crosswind generally affects the wake vortex trajectories by transporting them to the downwind direction. Additionally, the circulation attenuation of wake vortex is also influenced by crosswind shear or turbulence related to crosswind. This paper implemented the range height indicator (RHI) scanning mode of pulsed coherent Doppler lidar (PCDL) to study the influence of crosswind on wake vortex evolution. The crosswind was obtained from the non-wake vortex regions of the RHI sectors. The method, based on the measurements of radial velocity and spectrum with the broadening feature, was performed to locate wake vortex cores. The wake vortex trajectories with various crosswind strengths were comprehensively analyzed.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1400904, 2019YFC1408002)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41375016, No.41471309)
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