Evaluation of Rutter Sigma S6 Ice Navigation Radar on USCGC Healy during Arctic Shield 2014

• Main Author: Balsley, Alex
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD NEW LONDON CT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *RADAR; *SEA ICE; FLEETS(SHIPS); NAVIGATION; NAVIGATORS; THICKNESS; ARCTIC SHIELD; HEALY; ICE NAVIGATION; PROCESSORS; RUTTER; Arctic; Northrop; Grumman; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA615477; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA615477

The Coast Guard (CG) fleet is currently outfitted with Northrop Grumman/Sperry s BridgeMaster radar systems, which provide the basic information that navigators need in order to engage in a safe cruise. In the Arctic environment, however, the CG radar system is challenged when limited visibility and...