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HEIGHT FINDER RADAR [4 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
CONT

A height finder antenna has the same possibility of azimuth rotation and also scans in elevation. The elevation may be positive or negative relative to horizontal. Importantly, it differs from the surveillance radar in not rotating at a constant rate. In fact it moves in azimuth and elevation quite unpredictably as far as the observer is concerned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Émission et réception radio

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
231.68
occupation code
OBS

231.68: trade specialty qualification code.

OBS

This is an obsolete title.

Key term(s)
  • AN/FPS 26A Height Finder Radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
231.68
occupation code
OBS

231.68 : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

OBS

Ce titre est d'usage périmé.

Key term(s)
  • AN/FPS 26A Radar altimétrique

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A radar designed for accurate determination of target altitude.

OBS

height-finding radar: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Télédétection
DEF

Radar qui sert à donner des informations spécifiques sur l'altitude d'une cible.

OBS

radar d'altimétrie : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

A method of winds-aloft observation; that is, the determination of wind speeds and directions in the atmosphere above a station.

OBS

It is accomplished by tracking a balloon-borne radar target, responder, or radiosonde transmitter with either radar or a radio direction finder. With a radio direction finder, the height data must be supplied by other means, normally by concurrent radiosonde observation. With radar, if height data are not otherwise supplied, the slant range must be recorded in addition to the angles of elevation and azimuth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Méthode, utilisée pour la détermination du vent en altitude, qui consiste à poursuivre, par des moyens électroniques, la trajectoire d'un ballon libre.

OBS

Le terme radiovent désigne aussi l'équipement utilisé.

Key term(s)
  • radio-vent
  • radio vent

Spanish

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