http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/06/jason_on_wind.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/06/jason_on_wind.html/comment-page-1#comment-1523 Library: A Round-up of Reading « Res Communis Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:37:10 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=1803#comment-1523 [...] JASON on Wind Farms and Radar - Secrecy News [...] [...] JASON on Wind Farms and Radar – Secrecy News [...]

]]> http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/06/jason_on_wind.html/comment-page-1#comment-1520 JASON on Wind Farms and Radar Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:40:14 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=1803#comment-1520 [...] Geek is chic. | geeksugar - Technology, Gadgets, & How Tos. wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Wind farms that use spinning blades and turbines to generate electricity have the undesirable side effect of disrupting the operation of radar systems. The JASON defense science advisory group was asked to consider the problem and to propose solutions. “Wind farms interfere with the radar tracking of airplanes and weather. The velocity of the blade tips can reach 170 mph, causing significant Doppler clutter. This creates problems and issues for several stake holders, including DHS, DOD, FAA an [...] [...] Geek is chic. | geeksugar – Technology, Gadgets, & How Tos. wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Wind farms that use spinning blades and turbines to generate electricity have the undesirable side effect of disrupting the operation of radar systems. The JASON defense science advisory group was asked to consider the problem and to propose solutions. “Wind farms interfere with the radar tracking of airplanes and weather. The velocity of the blade tips can reach 170 mph, causing significant Doppler clutter. This creates problems and issues for several stake holders, including DHS, DOD, FAA an [...]

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