• DocumentCode
    1122505
  • Title

    Frequency-Agility Processing to Reduce Radar Glint Pointing Error

  • Author

    Loomis, Jester M., III ; Graf, Edward R.

  • Author_Institution
    U.S. Army Missile Command Redstone Arsenal, Ala. 35809
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    811
  • Lastpage
    820
  • Abstract
    A technique to reduce radar pointing errors due to glint using frequency agility and amplitude weighting is presented. The reduction in rms tracking error is developed into an equation dependent upon the original glint tracking error, ¿g, and the number of returns weighted, N. The rms tracking error is thereby reduced approximately by a factor of N. Finally, the equation formulated allows one to evaluate the reduction in glint error versus the number of frequencies chosen for frequency agility.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace and electronic systems; Aperture antennas; Computer errors; Decorrelation; Equations; Frequency; Missiles; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Target tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1974.307889
  • Filename
    4101322