Relationships between Average Radar Power and Steady-State Track Accuracy
William H. Gilson · 1991
This report describes a methodology used for relating resources consumed by tracking a maneuvering target to the track accuracy achieved. The methodology accounts for beam shape loss, missed detections, and, in the care of a fire control radar, reacquisition of the target when it has moved outside the beam. This report presents normalized computational results for the minimum radar power required as a function of the track accuracy, along with the optimal revisit frequencies and the signal-to-noise ratios.