Project 617 Radar Readiness Achievement Program. Part A - Data processing and Analysis

Abstract

This report describes in detail the use of the Project 617 radar for making incoherent scatter measurements of the ionosphere. The data processing and analysis methods are fully explained, including all the assumptions, interpolations, and extrapolations. Two new major computer programs were implemented. Portions of the radar hardware that are especially important to the incoherent scatter measurements and portions that have been developed, modified, or improved during the past year are also described. The development and implementation of a digital autocorrelator, in combination with new computer software, has resulted in an order-of-magnitude improvement in data processing time, as well as a significant improvement in measurement accuracy. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0873313

Entities

People

  • Bruce Craig
  • Murray J. Baron
  • Odile De La Beaujardiere

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Amplifiers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Converters
  • Correlators
  • Data Processing
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Extrapolation
  • Ionosphere
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Radar

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.