EMPIRICALLY DETERMINED EFFECTS OF GROSS TERRAIN FEATURES UPON GROUND VISIBILITY FROM LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT

Abstract

A study is described in which the degree of target obstruction by various types of terrain as seen from various altitudes is empiric esented showing the percentage of terrain that is in view to an observer at various altitudes and showing the probability, as a function of ground range, that a point on the terrain is in veiw. These results can be used in the computation of the over-all visual detection probability of ground targets from aircraft. (A UTHOR)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 13, 1961
Accession Number
AD0267174

Entities

People

  • Ronald A. Erickson

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Computations
  • Detection
  • Observers
  • Probability
  • Visibility

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
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