The invention discloses a method for determining the
noise power of a wind profile
radar. The method comprises the steps of introducing a test factor which is calculated according to a measured power spectrum and used for reflecting
signal components according to
noise statistical characteristics, when all the signals are
noise, determining the specific value of the test factor by use of a
window function used in generating the power spectrum and the average times of the power spectrum, starting an
iteration process and obtaining a preset
power density threshold value by use of a golden section method according to the maximum and the minimum of the measured power spectrum of each
range gate, during each iterative computation, reducing the
spectral line of which the amplitude is higher than the preset
power density threshold value to the preset
power density threshold value, thereby obtaining a new power spectrum, and determining the
signal components of the new power spectrum by use of the test factor, and if meteorologic
signal components still exist, continuing iteration until no meteorologic signal component exists, and remaining the left power spectrum as the
noise power spectrum for
noise power calculation. The method for determining the
noise power of the wind profile
radar is applicable to the noise power
estimation of
radar signals.