Radar visibility estimation for radar reflectors

Seppo Horsmanheimo; Wenche Backman; Lotta Tuomimäki; Jari Hautio; Arto Hujanen; Hans Toivanen; Jorma Rytkönen; Risto Joro

Radar visibility estimation for radar reflectors

Seppo Horsmanheimo, Wenche Backman, Lotta Tuomimäki, Jari Hautio, Arto Hujanen, Hans Toivanen, Jorma Rytkönen, Risto Joro

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Abstract

Construction and maintenance of fairways in Finland requires extra caution due to closely-spaced islands, narrow and shallow passages and demanding winter conditions. Therefore, a special authority, the Finnish Maritime Administration (FMA) has been assigned the responsibility of keeping fairways open and safe. Its continuing work for maritime safety has led Finland to the top position in this field. In the past few years, FMA and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have put effort on developing optimal radar reflectors for aids to navigation. In this article we present the different phases of the development process as well as the key results. The study relies on computational modelling.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	24-27
Journal	IALA Bulletin
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2007
MoE publication type	D1 Article in a trade journal

Keywords

baltic sea
safety
navigation
aids to navigation
AtoN
fairway markings
radar reflector

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Radar visibility estimation for radar reflectors

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