Numerical Calculations for Passive Geolocation Scenarios

Abstract

This report reviews work done in gaining some familiarity with methods of passive geolocation, and a search for rules of thumb that might tell us how to optimize the geolocation for a given scenario. We first cover the main approaches to collecting angle of arrival data and point out typical accuracies. Following this is an account of the mathematics used to analyze this data to produce an estimate of an emitter's location. We then give an overview of some of the literature, and finish by demonstrating a Matlab programme that runs several geolocation algorithms. Simple rules of thumb that specify how to fly a baseline and take data, so as to maximize the accuracies of the different techniques, do not appear to be readily derivable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA463895

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  • Don Koks

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  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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