
Triangle Size Effect (TSE) is one of the major sources of wind estimate bias in SA mode for MF radar. So the size of antenna arrays must be considered in the design of MF radar. The effect of TSE on MF radar is analyzed from the following two aspects: (1) How the size of antenna arrays influence the error of cross-correlation function maximum; (2) How the size of antenna arrays influence the acceptance rate. The results show that the size of antenna arrays should be smaller than the patterns size to ensure the high acceptance rate. When the above condition is satisfied, the larger size of antenna arrays, the lower wind estimates bias. Finally, how to choose the appropriate size of antenna arrays is discussed.