Range Glint Effects for Homing Interceptor Miss Distance

Abstract

An expression is derived for the single hit range error due to the presence of a secondary scatterer in a range measurement made by a single frequency radar using gaussian pulses and a centroid estimator. The effect of noise is neglected since glint effects are only important at close range. These results are used to calculate the effects of glint on a homing radar which tracks the target for several hits. Contours of equal miss distance are presented for the two cases of decorrelated (random) phase between hits, and uniform phase advance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 1983
Accession Number
ADA129464

Entities

People

  • Michael P. Jordan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Amplitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Bandwidth
  • Errors
  • Estimators
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Agility
  • Lepidoptera
  • Line Of Sight
  • Measurement
  • Miss Distance
  • Narrowband
  • Radar
  • Radar Pulses
  • Scattering
  • Statistical Algorithms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.