Department of Microelectronics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science

MSc A.C.P. OudeNijhuis

PhD student
Microwave Sensing, Signals and Systems (MS3), Department of Microelectronics

PhD thesis (Jan 2019): Radar remote sensing of wind vector and turbulence intensity fields from raindrop backscattering
Promotor: Alexander Yarovoy, Herman Russchenberg, Oleg Krasnov

Biography

Albert Oude Nijhuis was a PhD candidate at Delft University of Technology (January 2013 - 2017).

He received his MSc degree in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at the University of Utrecht in 2012.

He worked as a satellite remote sensing researcher at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI).

He worked on improvements for the OMI totale ozone column DOAS technique and for the ISOTROP project on satellite retrieval error estimation of e.g. tropospheric NO2 for the new generation of European Sentinel research satellites.

In January 2013 he started as a PhD candidate at TUD, working on new retrieval methods for wind and turbulence parameters by using radar and lidar observations.

Public Code Projects:

  • EDRLIB  - A Python Module with functions that are necessary to calculate the Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR) with different methods, based on a sequence of velocities.
  • Zephyros - Zephyros is a radar software package (under development) for wind/EDR simulation and retrieval.
  • CEWE - CEWE is a tool for comparison of massive data. CEWE stands for comparison of everything with everything.
  • TARA CEWE - On-line summary statistics of TARA radar and meteorological data from the Cabauw meteorological supersite.

Research interests

  • Turbulence modelling
  • Radar signal processing
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography

Projects history

Ultra-Fast wind sensOrs for wake-vortex hazards mitigation

  1. Assessment of turbulence intensity retrieval techniques by using a polarimetric precipitation profiling radar
    OudeNijhuis, A.; Krasnov, O. A.; Unal, C.; Russchenberg, H.; Yarovoy, A.;
    In 97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States,
    2017.

  2. CEWE: A Python Summary Statistics Tool for Massive Data Analysis
    OudeNijhuis, A.; Krasnov, O. A.; Unal, C.; Russchenberg, H.; Yarovoy, A.;
    In 97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States.,
    2017.

  3. Assessment of the rain drop inertia effect for radar-based turbulence intensity retrievals
    OudeNijhuis,Albert C.P.; Yanovsky,Felix J.; Krasnov,Oleg; Unal,Christine M.H.; Russchenberg,Herman W.J.; Yarovoy,Alexander;
    International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies,
    Issue 8, pp. 1-10, 2016.
    document

  4. Implementation of wind vector and turbulence intensity retrievals: Application to fast scanning X-band radar
    A. C. P. OudeNijhuis; O. A. Krasnov; A. G. Yarovoy; C. M. H. Unal; H. W. J. Russchenberg;
    In 2016 IEEE Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), Florence, Italy, 2016,
    pp. 113-117, 2016. doi: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2016.7573196.
    document

  5. A new model for retrieving information about turbulence intensity from radar signal
    Yanovsky, Felix J.; Turenko, Daria M.; OudeNijhuis, A.C.P.; Krasnov, O.A.; Yarovoy, A.;
    In Signal Processing Symposium (SPSympo), 10-12 June 2015,
    pp. 1 - 6, June 2015.
    document

  6. Turbulence intensity retrieval in precipitation via optimal estimation using polarimetric radar
    A.C.P. OudeNijhuis; F. J. Yanovsky; O. A. Krasnov; C. M. H. Unal; A. Yarovoy; H. W. J. Russchenberg;
    In The 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, 14-18 September 2015, Norman, OK, USA,
    2015.

  7. Exploitation of Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence Models for Optimization of Turbulence Remote Sensing
    A.C.P. OudeNijhuis; O.A. Krasnov; C.M.H. Unal; H.W.J. Russchenberg; A. Yarovoy;
    In The 15th European Turbulence Conference, 25-28 August, 2015, Delft, the Netherlands,
    2015.

  8. Simulation of atmospheric turbulence measurements: fractal turbulence
    OudeNijhuis, A.C.P.; Krasnov, O.A.; Unal, C.M.H.; Russchenberg, H.W.J.; Yarovoy, A.;
    In Proceedings of the 21st Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, June 9-13, 2014, Leeds, United Kingdom,
    June 2014.
    document
    <a href="https://ams.confex.com/ams/21BLT/webprogram/Handout/Paper247436/BLT2014_OudeNijhuis_v0.3.pdf">poster</a>

  9. Optimization of turbulence measurements for radar, lidar and sonic anemometers
    A.C.P. OudeNijhuis; C.M.H. Unal; O.A. Krasnov; H.W.J. Russchenberg; A. Yarovoy;
    In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, September 1 - 5, 2014, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany,
    pp. 1-4, September 2014.
    document

  10. Outlook for a new wind field retrieval technique: The 4D-Var wind retrieval
    A.C.P. OudeNijhuis; O.A. Krasnov; C.M.H. Unal; H.W.J. Russchenberg; A. Yarovoy;
    In Proceedings of the International Radar Conference 2014, Lille, October 13-17, 2014,
    pp. 1-6, October 2014.
    document

  11. Dynamics of turbulence in precipitation: Unravelling the eddies
    OudeNijhuis, Albert; Unal, C.; Krasnov, O.A.; Russchenberg, H.; Yarovoy, A.;
    In Proceedings of the 11th International Precipitation Conference, 30 June - 3 July 2013, Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands,
    2013.
    document

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Last updated: 27 Dec 2018

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