To check the efficiency and correctness of the implementation of primary and secondary signal processing algorithms in onboard radar systems for Arctic purposes in the functional tasks of detecting weather conditions that are potentially hazardous to flight, it is advisable to use numerical modeling of radar signal simulators. This is due to the fact that during preliminary tests under adverse weather conditions there is a potential danger of losing control over the flight of the radar carrier, especially in the case of developing unmanned aircraft platforms. In addition, there are very rare weather phenomena, such as wind shear, the detection of which during tests is an unlikely event. All this leads to the fact that the development and debugging of onboard radars for low-altitude carriers that solve the problem of meteorological navigation during flight, it is advisable to carry out the method of semi-naturalistic modeling, using databases for the formation of reflected signals that contain a set of initial parameters that allow imitation either in real time or according to a pre-planned flight scenario and a prepared special set of signal signature records. This article proposes an algorithm for working with a database and subsequent numerical modeling, which allows estimating the necessary spectral components of signal signatures for a pulse-Doppler radar that estimates the radial component of wind speed in each resolution element, which is used for further calculation of the F-factor of wind shear hazard.

Keywords: airborne radar, database, simulation, numerical modeling, meteorological navigation, Arctic, wind shear

A new numerical method for calculating weather conditions has been developed for airborne radar systems for Arctic purposes. Based on the numerical method obtained in the study, software was developed that takes into account various models of electromagnetic wave propagation in various weather conditions. The results of calculations for estimating the detection range of dangerous weather conditions are presented. This assessment indicates that the threshold for detecting adverse weather conditions can be reduced. The basis for lowering the threshold without deteriorating the resulting probabilities of correct detection and false alarm is the fact that the occurrence of cases of false detection is possible only when a certain total extent of difficult weather conditions is reached, which can already be considered dangerous for the flight. The features of the formation of reflected signals from Arctic rain clouds, turbulence over a snowy desert and wind shear are considered. It is shown that all of them are characterized by lower radar reflectivity, therefore the resulting detection ranges are less than those that can be obtained at more southern latitudes, but at the same time they are sufficient for the navigation of UAVs or small aircraft.

Keywords: airborne radar, numerical methods for assessing weather conditions, weather navigation in polar latitudes, UAV navigation, hazardous weather formation

In this work, the basic relations of relativistic rocket dynamics in the case of a multicomponent jet jet are obtained and investigated. Various types of relativistic rockets with a single-component jet jet are considered as special cases of the general theory. The limiting transition to nonrelativistic rocket dynamics has been made.

Keywords: relativistic dynamics, multicomponent jet stream, ion engine, photon rocket