Integrated Refractive Effects Prediction System (IREPS). Interim User's Manual.

Abstract

This document is an interim user's manual for the Integrated Refractive Effects Prediction System (IREPS). To provide a theoretical background for users of the system, electro-magnetic (EM) wave propagation in the lower atmosphere is reviewed in terms of naval radar, communications, and electronic warfare system performance. A discussion of surface-based ducts, elevated ducts, and evaporation ducts is included. Also included, is a survey of some tactical applications of atmospheric ducting to naval warfare. The operation portion of this document describes the IREPS. This provides a detailed description of the various IREPS products and how they are used to define optimum propagation conditions for a given EM system. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA169561

Entities

People

  • H. V. Hitney
  • R. A. Paulus

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne Early Warning
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Diffraction
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Geometry
  • Line Of Sight
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Naval Warfare
  • Radar
  • Radar Antennas
  • Search Radar
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems