• DocumentCode
    1157217
  • Title

    Computation of aircraft geometric height under radar surveillance

  • Author

    Manolakis, D.E. ; Lefas, C.C. ; Rekkas, C.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Crete, Athens
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    241
  • Lastpage
    248
  • Abstract
    A radar system for geometric height estimation of civil aircraft is described. The system consists of one standard or mode S secondary surveillance radar (SSR) and one omnidirectional antenna sited away from SSR under an airplane. The geometric height is derived by trilateration. Systematic errors are compensated for by deriving the profile of the effect on height measurements of the bias in range measurements. A curve-fitting technique is then used, which estimates both the geometric height and any non-zero systematic errors
  • Keywords
    aerospace computing; air-traffic control; curve fitting; height measurement; radar applications; radar systems; ATC; aircraft geometric height; civil aircraft; curve-fitting; height measurements; mode S secondary surveillance radar; radar surveillance; range measurements; systematic errors; trilateration; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Airplanes; Antenna measurements; Laser radar; Radar tracking; Surveillance; Target tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/7.135449
  • Filename
    135449
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1157217