The Reconstruction of Aircraft Target Trajectories from Historical Radar Plot Data.

Abstract

An algorithm which can accurately reconstruct an aircraft target trajectory from pre-recorded digital radar plots is described. Periodically recorded track data from a tracking system provide the coarse target position and speed estimates required by the algorithm. The algorithm has been applied in the operational analysis of the RAAF AN/TPS-43F(V)-1 surveillance radar and Myriad tracking systems at the No.2 Control and Reporting Unit (2CRU), Darwin, using data acquired during exercise Pitch Black 84-1. It has proven to be reliable and effective in localising targets in the presence of clutter and system noise. Several trajectories obtained using the algorithms are illustrated and compared with the corresponding track data. Keywords: Great Britain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA208123

Entities

People

  • M. L. Scholz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Australia
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Military Aircraft
  • Radar
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Surveillance Radar
  • Target Detection
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.