A STUDY OF TARGET DETECTION BY SONAR OPERATORS
Abstract
R L IVE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH SONAR OPERATORS CAN DETECT SONAR TARGETS PR SENT D ON BOTH AUDITORY AND VISUAL DISPLAYS WAS DETERMINED UNDER CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE OPERATORS WERE ALERTED TO THE IMMINENT APPEARANCE OF A TARGET, AND ALSO IN A RATHER PROLONGED WATCHSTANDING SITUATION WHEN THEY WERE NOT ALERTED. Twenty-four son r oper tors re e ployed s ub ec s. Da re r por d with r sp c o the d crement in detection perform nce during prolonged atchstanding, a d also with respect to consiste cy of performance in correctly and fal ely repor ing targets I ddition he effect of rg t location on fficiency of d t ction perform ce is di cussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0277490
Entities
People
- A. Harabedian
- C.h. Baker