Ground Range and Bearing Error Determination and Display for an OTH radar System with an Arctic Trough Ionosphere

• Main Authors: Bandes, Dean, Barrett, Theodore B.
• Other Authors: PARKE MATHEMATICAL LABS INC CARLISLE MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Direction Finding; Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment; Radiofrequency Wave Propagation; *OVER THE HORIZON DETECTION; *SEARCH RADAR; *IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; *DIRECTION FINDING; DISPLAY SYSTEMS; ERRORS; ARCTIC REGIONS; SUBROUTINES; ALGORITHMS; RAY TRACING; BACKSCATTERING; F REGION; PLASMAS(PHYSICS); IONOSPHERIC MODELS; PLASMA FREQUENCY; ARCTIC TROUGHS; TROUGH WALLS; JOB DECKS; GROUND RANGES; PE62101F; WUAFGL766309AF; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA087010; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA087010

This report describes the algorithms used to determine range and bearing errors which might be incurred in an OTH radar system where the propagating medium includes an arctic trough. Several types of plots for displaying this error information are described along with an example. See also Part 1, ADA086837.