TARGET DETECTABILITY ON AN A-SCOPE AS INFLUENCED BY VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL VIDEO AMPLIFICATION.
Abstract
Tests were conducted in which nine observers with no prior radar experience were initially trained in target detection on a tracking radar type of indicator. Following training, each observer viewed targets-in-noise under each of nine combinations of vertical and horizontal amplification of the signals. Targets and the white Gaussian noise (simulated jamming) were generated by an AN/MPQ-36 (modified) Radar Target Simulator. There was a slight but statistically unreliable tendency for detection time to increase as the amount of vertical amplification of the signal and noise increased. The average detection time for the maximum vertical amplification (signal: 35 mm high) was 30% greater than the speed for the normal signal amplitude (signal: 7 mm high). (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0479185
Entities
People
- A. D. Wright
- R. D. Baldwin
Organizations
- George Washington University