Height-Error Analysis for the FAA-Air Force Replacement Radar Program (FARR)

Abstract

This report documents an evaluation of three methods for determining radar beam height at 40 proposed FAA and USAF radar stations. All three methods were compared to radiosonde observations (RAOBs), which are assumed to be ground truth, in order to determine height errors. The report concluded that climatology was superior to the triexponcntial model at 70% of the stations studied. Both climatology and the triexponential model were found to be superior to the standard atmosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA242100

Entities

People

  • Michael F. Squires

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climatology
  • Elevation
  • Error Analysis
  • Lapse Rate
  • Low Elevation
  • Radar
  • Radar Beams
  • Radar Stations
  • Refraction
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Climatology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation