EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE TERMINAL-CONFIGURED RADAR VIDEO DATA PROCESSOR.

Abstract

Experimentation with a Radar Video Data Processor within a terminal-radar environment was accomplished at the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center to obtain data pertinent to the functional requirements and specifications for terminal-radar digitizers. Test results related to detection, resolution, and position-reporting of aircraft targets were equivalent to design considerations. The limited dynamic range of the radar video precluded optimum operation of the scan-correlated quantizer insofar as reducing the excessive message processing rates that prevailed in areas of heavy precipitation. Specific features that were effective in the selective reduction of the message processing rates were the automatic clutter eliminator, run length discrimination and sensitivity time control functions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0708455

Entities

People

  • Clifford Chapman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Analog To Digital Converters
  • Automatic
  • Detection
  • Discrimination
  • Dynamic Range
  • Environment
  • Information Processing
  • Message Processing
  • Precipitation
  • Processing Equipment
  • Sensitivity
  • Specifications
  • Terminals

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