ATC Surveillance/Communication Analysis and Planning.

Abstract

FAA funded ATC Surveillance/Communication Analysis and Planning activities during the period 1 September to 30 November 1972 are reported. Items reviewed include: (1) analyses of S/C requirements, near-miss/collision data, desirable weather data processing and display systems, recorded data from an operational ATCRBS/ARTS-3 site, (2) a quasi-step-scan radar technique potentially capable of improving the clutter-rejection performance of existing ATC radars, and (3) the status of a test program to obtain and analyze data on the effects of cyclically switching between transponder antennas. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0756604

Entities

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Control Radar
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Airport Radar Systems
  • Collisions
  • Data Processing
  • Display Systems
  • Image Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Radar
  • Rejection
  • Surveillance
  • Switching
  • Transponders

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Radar Systems Engineering.