High Frequency Position Location: An Assessment of Limitations and Potential Improvements.

Abstract

The general problems of using high frequency direction finding techniques as an accurate means of surveillance and position location are assessed. The primary emphasis is on determining the range errors associated with a single site locator by using the intercepted sky wave. Current errors in position locations are on the order of 20 km due to ionospheric variability, antenna size limitations, and data acquisition and processing problems. Improvements in position location accuracies to the order of 1 km will require complementary use of the direct wave and/or the ground wave. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101217

Entities

People

  • Bernard F. Engebos
  • Donald W. Hoock
  • Melvin G. Heaps
  • Robert O. Olsen
  • Roberto Rubio

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cold Regions
  • Combat Surveillance
  • Detectors
  • Direction Finding
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Geography
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Optical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radio Waves
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Wave Propagation

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  • Radar Systems Engineering.
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