Integration and Validation of Avian Radars (IVAR)

摘要

Military bases and ranges have become refugia for birds and other wildlife as encroachment has turned once-rural military facilities into islands of habitat diversity surrounded by seas of urbanization. This trend has increased the military s already significant role as stewards of its environment and is straining the ability of natural resource managers to protect the wildlife at these facilities while ensuring that the military can prepare and train for its primary missions. In parallel, the hazards and costs from bird strikes have increased markedly as has public awareness since the crash of US Airways Flight No. 1549 into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. Resource managers need better tools to aid them in their efforts: Digital avian radars appear to be such a tool.