Radar images of Logan Airport and application in automated aircraft tracking

William H. Harman; Hayden B. Schultz; Daniel Wyschogrod; James R. Eggert; Richard J. Sasiela; Richard W. Bush

doi:10.1117/12.179616

13 July 1994 Radar images of Logan Airport and application in automated aircraft tracking

William H. Harman, Hayden B. Schultz, Daniel Wyschogrod, James R. Eggert, Richard J. Sasiela, Richard W. Bush

Proceedings Volume 2220, Sensing, Imaging, and Vision for Control and Guidance of Aerospace Vehicles; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179616
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

To enhance safety and expedite aircraft traffic control at airports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in the process of developing automation aids for controllers and pilots. These automation improvements depend on reliable surveillance of the airport traffic, in the form of computerized target reports for all aircraft. One means of surveillance of the airport is primary radar. A short range radar of this type is called airport surface detection equipment or (ASDE). Lincoln Laboratory is participating in this development program by testing a system of surveillance and automation aids at Logan International Airport in Boston, Mass. This work is sponsored by the FAA. This paper describes the radar equipment being used for surface surveillance at Logan Airport and the characteristics of the radar images it produces. Techniques for automatic tracking of this radar data are also described along with a summary of the tracking performance that has been achieved. Two companion papers in this session relate to this same radar surveillance and provide more in-depth descriptions of the radar processing.

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William H. Harman, Hayden B. Schultz, Daniel Wyschogrod, James R. Eggert, Richard J. Sasiela, and Richard W. Bush "Radar images of Logan Airport and application in automated aircraft tracking", Proc. SPIE 2220, Sensing, Imaging, and Vision for Control and Guidance of Aerospace Vehicles, (13 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179616

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