COAST GUARD SURFACE VESSEL RADAR DETECTION PERFORMANCE

Surface Vessel Radar (SVR) detection data have been collected in conjunction with two visual detection experiments in 1980 and 1981 and a dedicated electronic detection experiment in 1981 conducted by the U.S.C.D. R/D Center. These are part of a series of experiments designed to improve search planning guidance contained in the National Search and Rescue Manual. Eighty-two-foot Coast Guard cutters equipped with the Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V) radar and 41-foot utility boats and 95-foot cutter equipped with the Raytheon AN/SPS-66 radar conducted detection and tracking runs with 4- and 7-man life rafts and 14- to 18-foot fiberglass boats. Targets were equipped with varying amounts of reflective material. The AN/SPS-64(V) was found to achieve significantly longer detection ranges than the AN/SPS-66 with all target types. Radar reflectors were found to improve target detection probability. Cumulative Detection Probability (CDP) versus range curves are presented for representative radar/target type combinations. The detection and tracking run data used to develop lateral range curves and sweep widths for SVR search. Radar cross sections are presented for small boats and life rafts.

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• Authors:
  • Osmer, S R
  • Nash, L
  • HOVER, G L
  • Mazour, T J
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 182 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boats; Detection and identification; Detectors; Field tests; Government vessels; Life rafts; Radar; Radar reflection; Radar targets; Search and rescue operations; Statistical analysis
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard; United States Coast Guard ships
• Old TRIS Terms: Searching
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00365333
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-18-82
• Contract Numbers: DTCG-39-81-C-80287
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 2002 12:00AM