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AWR is the type of radar equipment mounted on an aircraft for purposes of weather observation and avoidance, aircraft position finding relative to landmarks, and drift angle measurement (Sosnovsky et al. 1990). The AWR is necessary equipment for any civil airplane. It also must be installed on all civil airliners. Military transport aircrafts are usually equipped by weather radars as well. Due to specificity of airborne application, designers of avionics systems always try to use the most efficient progressive methods and reliable engineering solutions that provide flight safety and flight regularity in harsh environments (Yanovsky 2005).
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Nekrasov, A. (2014). Measuring Water Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind by Means of Airborne Weather Radar. In: Foundations for Innovative Application of Airborne Radars. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00621-5_5
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