Plume: Instructions for Use and Description of a Missile Plume Visibility Program,

Abstract

A computer program to demonstrate the ballistics and visual geometry of an air-to-air missile as it is launched against the observer has been developed. This program calculates the probability of visual detection for various mission scenarios as entered by the user. This manual provides detailed instruction for the user and also describes the logic used to develop the program. Air-to-air missiles, Visual detection, Computer program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA258201

Entities

People

  • J. S. Marsh
  • S. E. Shamma
  • S. Schallhorn
  • W. B. Cushman

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Assembly Languages
  • Biomedical Research
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Geometry
  • Instructions
  • Language
  • Level Flight
  • Mathematical Models
  • Navigation
  • Observers
  • Optical Properties
  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.