Contributions of Mathematical Transformations to the Error Behavior of Rawinsonde Measurements.

Abstract

The effect of mathematical transformations on the error behavior of rawinsonde measurements is investigated by first considering range, azimuth, and height as supplied by the system as a continuous joint stochastic process of known mean and variance-covariance matrices. The transformation to a given rectangular cartesian coordinate system then gives rise in an obvious manner to a second joint stochastic process. The mean and variance-covariance matrices of this new process are approximated by matrices whose components are functions of the various components of the mean and variance-covariance matrices of the original process. The error behavior due to the mathematical transformation is defined as the behavior in time and space as described by the latter matrices. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734819

Entities

People

  • Walter B. Miller

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Covariance
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Radiosondes
  • Stochastic Processes

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Space