The Terrain Shielding Algorithm Used in the MASR Airborne Surveillance Radar Program.

Abstract

The algorithm described herein quickly determines if a point on the surface of the earth is visible or not from a remote aircraft due to masking by nearby terrain features. It was designed to work in an airborne radar surveillance system, updating a 16 x 16 km area every 4 seconds with a resolution of 250 x 250 m. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 03, 1979
Accession Number
ADA081409

Entities

People

  • Philip L. Fleck

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Elevation
  • Flight Paths
  • Graphics
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Massachusetts
  • Precision
  • Radar
  • Recording Systems
  • Surveillance Radar
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.