Radar as an Aid to Air Navigation in the Arctic

• Published in: Journal of Navigation
• Main Author: Greenaway, K. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1951
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300034287; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300034287

Summary of a paper presented to the Canadian Institute of Navigation at a meeting held in Montreal on 22 September 1950. In 1946 and 1947 a great deal was learned about scope interpretation and the use of search radar as an aid to air navigation in the Canadian Arctic. New techniques, differing from those used during the war, when search radar was considered primarily as an aid to bombing and for pin-pointing, were developed and a great deal of information on interpreting the radar presentation of topography at different seasons was obtained. The use of search radar for navigation in the Arctic is described in this paper, which also gives information on the probable appearance of topographical detail on the display at different times of the year.