Accession Number:

ADP002906

Title:

The Use of Reciprocal Polar Co-Ordinates in Passive Tracking,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

SCICON LTD LONDON (ENGLAND)

Personal Author(s):

• Bamford,A. C.
• Beale,E. M. L.
• Lee,J.
• Patel,S.

Report Date:

1983-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

The use of Reciprocal Polar co-ordinates to parameterise tracks is discussed. Their use makes the problem of determining the characteristics of tracks from bearings only data much less non-linear than the use of the more conventional Cartesian co-ordinates. Author

Descriptors:

• *Coordinates
• *Tracking
• Moving targets
• Passive systems
• Nonlinear analysis
• Computations
• Parameters
• Scenarios

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE