Long Range Aircraft Detection Using High-Frequency Surface-Wave Radar.

Experimental data from a High-Frequency Surface-Wave Radar (HFSWR) operating at 1.95 MHz at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland are analyzed to assess the capability of the radar to detect aircraft over an ocean surface. The results of the analysis show that the HFSWR could easily detect and track a low-fl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leong, Hank
Other Authors: DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1994
Subjects:
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
*RADAR TRACKING
*TARGET DETECTION
HIGH FREQUENCY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
SURFACE WAVES
DETECTION
AIRCRAFT
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
OCEAN SURFACE
RADAR
LONG RANGE(TIME)
LONG RANGE(DISTANCE)
HFSWR(HIGH FREQUENCY SURFACE WAVE RADAR)
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA290148
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA290148
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Summary:Experimental data from a High-Frequency Surface-Wave Radar (HFSWR) operating at 1.95 MHz at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland are analyzed to assess the capability of the radar to detect aircraft over an ocean surface. The results of the analysis show that the HFSWR could easily detect and track a low-flying CP-140 Aurora aircraft at ranges between 11 and 56 km. The radar's coverage area coincides with a trans-Atlantic international flight route, and the radar was also able to detect and track some commercial aircraft in range as far as 280 km.

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