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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Impact of UK Weather on Autonomous Vehicle Radar, LiDAR and Camera Vision Systems.

Jessica Smith, Richard Dudley, David Jones, David Cheadle, Imran Mohamed, Fengping Li, Daniel Bownds, Hsun Yang, Joel Rapley, Andre Burgess and 9 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Jessica SmithNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Richard DudleyNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
David JonesMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.
David CheadleNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6318-2321
Imran MohamedNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2190-934X
Fengping LiNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Daniel BowndsNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Hsun YangNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Joel RapleyNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Andre BurgessNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Mira NaftalyNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0671-822X
Mayokun AikomoNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
Jeremy PriceMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.
Nawal HusnooMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.
Stephan HavemannMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3259-091X
Matthew FryMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2545-0695
Martin OsborneMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.
James McGregorMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-9975-8258
Alan VanceMet Office, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.

Funding

Department for Science, Innovation and TechnologyDepartment for Transport
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measurements are presented from a purpose-built outdoor test facility for the assurance of situational awareness sensors for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). The testbed included meteorological instrumentation for an accurate high-resolution picture of weather traversing the site. Static targets at ranges up to 250 m were observed simultaneously with multiple radar, LiDAR and camera systems exposed to the natural weather events over a two-year period. The aim of the testbed was to collect data over a prolonged period of time to ensure the maximum amount of variation in weather was encountered. Uniquely, the testbed treats the measurement of weather as an equal metrology challenge to that of measuring the CAV sensor response with the aim of understanding the extent to which it is possible to quantitatively correlate sensor performance degradation with weather parameters. In this paper case study examples of the testbed data for rainfall, fog and 'ideal' neutral conditions have been analysed. Correlations between sensor performance degradation and weather parameters were observed in several cases, including comparisons with rain rate and MOR (visibility). However, large uncertainties and complex interactions between weather-related performance reduction and secondary weather effects, like sensor window and target surface wetting, make an explicit determination of the severity at which a weather condition causes a sensor to become untrustworthy, problematic.

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Autonomous Vehicle (AV)camerainfraredLiDARoutdoorradarsensor performanceweather degradation

Identifiers

PMID42740269
PMCPMC13568112

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