An Evaluation of DGPS-Based Continuously Operating Vehicle Monitoring Systems to Determine Site-Specific Event Severity Factors

Abstract

The Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) methodology was developed to estimate the carrying capacity of training and testing land. ATTACC is part of the Army's Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Program. The ATTACC methodology quantifies the training load in terms of Maneuver Impact Miles, which are based on training impact factors. Training impact factors represent the difference in impact between various vehicles and events. ATTACC uses Event Severity Factors to account for different types of training exercises. This report evaluates the potential to use data from differentially corrected global positioning systems (DGPS) in real time and post-processing to monitor site-specific vehicle impacts and more accurately estimate ATTACC Event Severity Factors. The results show that the two global positioning systems tested can accurately monitor a vehicle's position and dynamic properties including velocity, turning radius, and change in velocity. This data can then be used to determine the Event Severity Factors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA385704

Entities

People

  • Alan B. Anderson
  • Liv Haugen
  • Michael Vance
  • Paul Ayers

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Training
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Military Training
  • Payload
  • Physical Properties
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.

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  • Space