Operational Decision Aids for Exploiting or Mitigating Electromagnetic Propagation Effects
Abstract
Systems relying on electromagnetic, including electro-optic wave propagation in the earth's environment are subject to propagation anomalies. Proper assessment of such anomalies and subsequent exploitation or mitigation of their effects often require complex computations. The availability of small powerful computers has made near real-time calculation of propagation effects on systems performance possible and affordable. For example, the Integrated Refractive Effects Prediction System (IREPS) and the HF assessment system PROPHET have been used successfully throughout the military community for some ten years. During that time a number of operational decision aids (ODAs) were developed like optimum flight altitudes for attack, surveillance and ESM aircraft; intercept vulnerability; and ODAs for command and control. Since operational decision aids require appropriate propagation models and accurate environmental inputs, careful attention must be paid to propagation modelling, direct and remote sensing techniques and environmental forecasting techniques. NATO furnished. (rrh)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA215917
Entities
Organizations
- AGARD