Evaluation of tactical decision aid code predictions of FLIR range performance

Alfred W. Cooper; Philip L. Walker; Edmund A. Milne; B. John Cook

doi:10.1117/12.137827

21 September 1992 Evaluation of tactical decision aid code predictions of FLIR range performance

Alfred W. Cooper, Philip L. Walker, Edmund A. Milne, B. John Cook

Proceedings Volume 1687, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137827
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Tactical Decision Aid codes provide field prediction of maximum range of FLIR use using simplified local environmental parameter input. A series of experimental comparisons at sea using airborne operational FLIRs with an instrumented ship target have shown poor correlation of observed range with prediction for detection and recognition. Classification and recognition range in UFLR are found to be highly insensitive to radiosonde atmospheric profile data input. Previous work has addressed modeling of the average target to background contrast temperature difference and atmospheric propagation of contrast. This paper addresses the implementation of the MDTD and MRTD algorithms in the code. Comparisons are presented of the prediction accuracy of the UFLR TDA using the standard Moser/Hepfer algorithm and an adaptation of the Johnson criterion used in the NVEOL Ratches code. For the limited data set of the study a reduction of RMS prediction error is achieved using the NVEOL algorithm.

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Alfred W. Cooper, Philip L. Walker, Edmund A. Milne, and B. John Cook "Evaluation of tactical decision aid code predictions of FLIR range performance", Proc. SPIE 1687, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds II, (21 September 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137827

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