Digital Radar Data (DIRAD) System.

Abstract

The present document describes a Digital Radar Data (DIRAD) system, already in use in connection with ground-based installations, and readily adapted to existing and prospective airborne radar equipment, which will greatly enhance capabilities for near real-time quantitative assessment and remote display of meteorological radar data. This concept is particularly timely in view of the planned resumption of Project Stormfury activities in the Pacific Ocean in 1977, and the extensive use of airborne analytical instrumentation required for assessment of the effects of modification efforts on typhoons. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA063472

Entities

People

  • J. W. Nickerson
  • S. D. Elliott Jr.
  • W. G. Myers

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cameras
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dynamic Range
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Reconnaissance
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Research Aircraft
  • Research Facilities
  • Surveillance

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Systems Analysis and Design