ANALYSIS OF POSSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING OF NECESSARY EXACTNESS OF MEASURING OF SPATIAL COORDINATES OF AIR OBJECTS IN THE RADIO-LOCATION STATION OF ACCOMPANIMENT WITH PHASE AERIAL BY A GRATE

Abstract

Modern Phased-Array Antenna (PAA) radars are an effective mean of aerial reconnaissance and provide radar information on aerial objects in a complex environment. The subject of the article is the influence of the inhomogeneities of the troposphere and the earth’s surface on the decrease in the accuracy of measurement of angular coordinates and altitude of air objects in radars with PAA. The purpose of the article is to numerically estimate the possible values of the root mean square error of measuring the angular coordinates and the height of air objects due to the influence of fluctuations of the phase edge of the radar wave. Task: analysis of possible mechanisms of origin and statistical characteristics of correlated phase fluctuations of a radio signal for a model of a signal with random amplitude and initial phase. Methods used: methods of probability theory and mathematical statistics. The following results were obtained. The estimation technique is developed and possible values of the mean-square errors of measurement of angular coordinates and altitude of air objects are obtained, which are caused by the influence of radar signal phase wave front fluctuations for the three-coordinate PAA radar of centimeter range. The above calculation method allows to carry out the numerical estimation of errors of measurement of angular coordinates and object height. Conclusions. This technique can be practically used in assessing the effect of real conditions of propagation and reflection of radar signal on the reduction of the capabilities of modern radars with PAA to perform tasks on purpose.

Keywords

• phased array antenna
• angular coordinates
• height of air object
• phase fluctuations
• troposphere
• earth surface