Accession Number:

ADD002863

Title:

Transient Event Data Acquisition Apparatus for Use with Radar Systems and the Like.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Cerni,Todd A.
• Krider,Edmund Philip

Report Date:

1975-01-24

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The patent application relates to apparatus which detects in real time the amplitude and range of certain transient events such as lightning discharges, the arrangement being such that a transient event which is capable of producing a return echo signal initially greater than other return signals is detected and the amplitude and range acquired in a manner which permits recording on moderate speed recording devices.

Descriptors:

• *Data acquisition
• Transients
• Radar signals
• Meteorological radar
• Signal processing
• Real time

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE