The ARIES Program: Analysis and Generation of Simulated Radar Measurements

Abstract

The report describes the modeling of measurement errors in precision, long range tracking radars due to the combination of environmental effects and variations in target cross section. The environmental effects considered are tropospheric and ionospheric refraction and time delay, ionospheric scintillation, and multipath through the sidelobes at low tracking angles. In addition, radar errors due to thermal and galactic noise, equipment jitter, and bias are included. Six-degree-of-freedom vehicle dynamics are modeled to realistically represent the changing radar cross section due to target dynamics such as tumbling and precession.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 09, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013734

Entities

People

  • James L. Mannos
  • Joseph L. Katz

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Refraction
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Euler Angles
  • Ionosphere
  • Ionospheric Models
  • Ionospheric Scintillation
  • Measurement
  • Phased Array Radar
  • Phased Arrays
  • Radar
  • Random Variables
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.