Effect of Measurement Errors on Master Plane Representations of Target Position in an Air Traffic Control System

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• Creators:
  Mulholland, R. G. ; Stout, D. W.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Altitude
  • Azimuth
  • Stereographic projection
  • Air traffic control
  • Orthogonal projection
  • Local plane
  • planer representation
  • Ellipsoid
  • Master Plane
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-81/48
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  This report deals with formulations of the effects of errors in the measurement of slant range, azimuth, and altitude on master plane representations of target position in an air traffic control system supported by a multitude of surveillance radars. It is concerned with the case in which such representations are based on the metho<1 of stereographic projection. Special consideration is afforded the statistical characterization of fluctuations induced in the master plane by random measurement errors, and to confidence regions for target location that might be useful in the automatic tracking of aircraft. Emphasis is placed on noise levels commonly associated with Mode Sand the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) under constraints consistent with the structure of coverage regions of domestic Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC's).
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  975-200-0A
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/90791/dot_90791_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 974.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
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