Effects of Briefing Material, Swath Width, and Resolution Upon Target Detection and Designation With a Synthetic Aperture Radar

Abstract

A human factors simulation was performed to determine the effects of swath width, briefing material, and resolution upon an operator's ability to detect and designate targets from a real-time synthetic aperture radar presentation. It was determined that a 4 nm field of view presentation in the search mode, and a 2 nm field of view presentation in the zoom mode, give the best results in terms of target designation probabilities and times. Aerial photographs, together with sectional aeronautical charts, were found to be the best types of briefing materials. The mean time required to designate a target under the conditions listed above was 26 + or - sigma = 6 seconds with a mean designation probability of 0.7 + or - sigma = .1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0520915

Entities

People

  • J. Kirkwood
  • J. Pavco
  • R. Lister

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photographs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineers
  • Flight Simulators
  • High Resolution
  • Low Light Levels
  • Materials
  • Navigation
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Surface Targets
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Target Detection
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.