Terrain Accuracy Effects on Simulated Radar Image Quality
Abstract
The effect of varying the degree of accuracy in the transformation of terrain elevation data into simulated real beam ground mapping radar was assessed. In two experiments, Air Force navigators judged the quality and training value of simulated radar imagery of a mountainous area produced at six levels of transformation accuracy. The results show that (a) increasing transformation accuracy above the simulator's current standard did not significantly increase either the judged quality of the imagery or its perceived training value; (b) decreasing terrain vertical accuracy below the current standard significantly decreased both judged quality and perceived training value. Keywords: Digital radar landmass simulator (DRLMS), Image quality, Radar mapping, Radar images, Simulation, Terrain accuracy, Transformation, Accuracy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA196349
Entities
People
- Kevin W. Dixon
- Peter M. Crane
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory