RANDOM TROPOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN COMMAND GUIDANCE BY MULTILATERATION AND INTERFEROMETRY

Authors
FITZGERALD RJ
Citation
Rj. Fitzgerald, RANDOM TROPOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN COMMAND GUIDANCE BY MULTILATERATION AND INTERFEROMETRY, IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems, 30(1), 1994, pp. 249-257
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
Journal title
IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189251
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
249 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9251(1994)30:1<249:RTEICG>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Statistical models are developed for the random spatial variations in refractivity in the troposphere, and are used to derive spatial correl ation functions for the errors in range measurement and interferometer angle measurement. These are then used to analyze the relative errors between two tracked targets, for application to command-guided interc ept problems. It is shown that multilateration, using range measuremen ts, yields much smaller relative errors than does the interferometer a pproach.