Operational tests were performed on the Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE)-3 radar. Three teams of air traffic controllers, two per team, with current field ASDE-2 experience, were used as test subjects. The controllers were from the Eastern and New England Regions. These tests were conducted to determine the extent to which the ASDE-3 met requirements as presented by the Air Traffic Service and what the controllers' opinions were of the radar. Tests conducted were: airport surface coverage, capability, target detection as a function of speed between aircraft and aircraft to obstruction resolution, target size and shape determination, standing target heading, and runway clearance. (Author)
Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE)-3 Operational Evaluation
1981
37 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Radiofrequency Detection , Air traffic control terminal areas , Radar tracking , Taxiways , Field tests , Operational effectiveness , Reliability , Area coverage , Fading(Electromagnetic waves) , Masking , Rainfall intensity , Fog , Snow , Error analysis , ASDE(Airport Surface Detection Equipment) , ASDE-3 radar
ASDE-3 - a new airport surface detection equipment surveillance radar
Tema Archive | 1978
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