Analyzing Bird Flight Patterns with MATLAB

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Ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον άρθρο, οι τύποι μοντελοποίησαν την πορεία πτήσης των πουλιών με τη χρήση του Matlab.

In April 2007, a Boeing 757 that had just taken off from Manchester Airport was forced to land when a crow was sucked into one of its engines. The previous fall, an RAF Tornado crashed following another collision with a bird.

Bird strikes are a common threat to aircraft safety. One of the most effective ways to prevent them is to know the likely position of birds in any given location throughout the day.

The Birdstrike Avoidance Team at the Central Science Laboratory (part of the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) conducts studies to assist with this effort. My colleagues and I process radar data and create input files for the geographic information system software that we use to visualize bird flight patterns. After analyzing and interpreting the data, we report our findings to airports or military bases.

Previously, the data processing and filtering involved a complex series of manual steps and disparate tools, including Visual Basic and Microsoft Excel. This error-prone approach was so time-consuming that it often took us an entire day to process 24 hours' worth of radar data.

This article describes how we developed a MATLAB® application that completes the same job in about 30 minutes.

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