Characteristics of a Signal Data Converter for a Multi-runway Visibility Measuring System

Ingrao, Hector C.; Lifsitz, J. R.

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Characteristics of a Signal Data Converter for a Multi-runway Visibility Measuring System

1971-10-01
By Ingrao, Hector C. ; Lifsitz, J. R.

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English

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Creators:

Ingrao, Hector C. ; Lifsitz, J. R.
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Dept. of Transportation
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Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-FAA-72-01 ; AD-744 873
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Technical report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Aviation Administration
NTL Classification:

AGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION ; NTL-AVIATION-Air Traffic Control ; NTL-AVIATION-Airports and Facilities ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness
Description:

The characteristics of a signal data converter (SDC) are developed with application to airport visibility measuring systems. The SDC is discussed in the context of an evolutionary growth of the visibility measuring system stemming from the present FAA RVR measuring technique. A new SDC will be employed which will use state-of-the-art concepts and will be capable of handling future visibility measuring systems outputs to provide more comprehensive visibility information and display. Included in these out puts will be simultaneous signals from as many as nine ways. In addition, round illuminance sensors will provide more background discrimination than the present day-night switch. Finally, the system will be expected to handle inputs from several kinds of target lights and to calculate and output for display several specialized visibility values (RVR, SVR, TVR). The SDC will be capable of modular expansion such that the capability for such future tasks will be available.
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[PDF - 1.35 MB]
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Volpe Center
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urn:sha256:cfb8a3889948adbb2e0d3e94709e6c761faec14bbe6465704f375183512beaf4

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