NAVAIRDEVCEN Airborne Infrared Developments

Abstract

This report describes the AN/AAD-2 infrared line-scanning equipment, its installation in P2V-5F aircraft BuNo 131403, and some results obtained with it in the course of investigating the detectability of wakes generated by submarines. The report includes infrared imagery of wakes generated by the midget submarine USS X-1 operating completely submerged at a keel depth of 30 ft in Chesapeake Bay, of a two-mile-long wake of a snorkelling submarine, and of natural sea surface thermal background patterns in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 1962
Accession Number
ADC955801

Entities

People

  • Paul M. Moser

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flight
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Line Scanning
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Radiation
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Submarines
  • Wake
  • Wake Detection
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.