Raining Weather Condition Observation for FOD Detection Radar on Airport Environment

In this paper, the Triangular Trihedral Corner Reflector (TTCR) that acts as the Foreign Object Debris (FOD) simulator used to observe the FOD detection during rainy weather. The experimental FOD used for this experiment is made of aluminum which gives higher reflectivity. The observation method was to measure the Radar Cross-Section (RCS) in tropical weather conditions in which the FOD simulator is located in between the radar pole and runway 2 at the coordinates (2°43’09.1“N 101°42’40.5”E). This experiment was conducted on actual busy traffic run at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) airport. Furthermore, the radar detection system used the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) operating at 93.1 GHz frequency.