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MTI RADAR [11 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-08-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- moving target indicator radar
1, record 1, English, moving%20target%20indicator%20radar
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- moving-target indicaton radar 2, record 1, English, moving%2Dtarget%20indicaton%20radar
- MTI radar 2, record 1, English, MTI%20radar
Record 1, Key term(s)
- moving target indicaton radar
- moving-target-indicator radar
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- radar à élimination des échos fixes
1, record 1, French, radar%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9limination%20des%20%C3%A9chos%20fixes
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- radar EEF 2, record 1, French, radar%20EEF
correct, feminine noun
- radar à dispositif d'élimination d'échos fixes 3, record 1, French, radar%20%C3%A0%20dispositif%20d%27%C3%A9limination%20d%27%C3%A9chos%20fixes
proposal, masculine noun
- radar éliminateur d'échos fixes 3, record 1, French, radar%20%C3%A9liminateur%20d%27%C3%A9chos%20fixes
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- radar de indicación de blancos móviles
1, record 1, Spanish, radar%20de%20indicaci%C3%B3n%20de%20blancos%20m%C3%B3viles
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2007-03-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
- Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- minimum detectable velocity
1, record 2, English, minimum%20detectable%20velocity
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
- MDV 1, record 2, English, MDV
correct
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
MDV determines whether the majority of military traffic, which often moves very slowly, will be visible. To capture the majority of this traffic, a radar must have the ability to detect the lowest possible radial velocity. As a target's radial velocity approaches zero, the target will fall into the clutter or "blind zone. "The clutter spread is a function of a radar's antenna real bandwidth. When a target is in clutter, traditional MTI [moving target indicator] radars can either detect the target or locate it, but not both. 1, record 2, English, - minimum%20detectable%20velocity
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
- Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- vitesse minimum détectable
1, record 2, French, vitesse%20minimum%20d%C3%A9tectable
proposal, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
- VMD 1, record 2, French, VMD
proposal, feminine noun
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2003-10-30
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
- Electronic Warfare
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- ground MTI radar
1, record 3, English, ground%20MTI%20radar
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
MTI: moving target indication 1, record 3, English, - ground%20MTI%20radar
Record 3, Key term(s)
- ground moving target indication radar
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
- Guerre électronique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- radar terrestre à élimination des échos fixes
1, record 3, French, radar%20terrestre%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9limination%20des%20%C3%A9chos%20fixes
masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2000-11-06
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- maritime patrol radar
1, record 4, English, maritime%20patrol%20radar
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Maritime Patrol Radar. The EL/M-2022A is an advanced, multimode maritime surveillance radar family, designed for fixed wing or rotary wing airborne platforms. The radar's main missions are maritime surveillance, sea traffic control and EEZ control. The radar's main features are : Long range surveillance [;] High resolution surveillance [;] Navigation and weather surveillance [;] Maritime Airborne Moving Targets Indication(MTI) [;] Wide Area Doppler Beam Sharpening(DBS) [;] Classification features [;] Multi-Target Track While Scan(TWS) [;] Imaging capabilities. 2, record 4, English, - maritime%20patrol%20radar
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Open Master airborne maritime patrol radar. 3, record 4, English, - maritime%20patrol%20radar
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- radar de patrouille maritime
1, record 4, French, radar%20de%20patrouille%20maritime
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les radars de patrouille maritime [...] (sont des) radars de détection et de poursuite de cibles maritimes [...] montés sur des avions ou des hélicoptères, dont la mission est de détecter [...] des cibles allant du navire de grandes dimensions au simple périscope de sous-marins [...] 1, record 4, French, - radar%20de%20patrouille%20maritime
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1990-12-10
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- Doppler MTI radar
1, record 5, English, Doppler%20MTI%20radar
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- radar Doppler à élimination des échos fixes
1, record 5, French, radar%20Doppler%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9limination%20des%20%C3%A9chos%20fixes
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1989-09-11
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- moving target indication Doppler radar
1, record 6, English, moving%20target%20indication%20Doppler%20radar
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- MTI Doppler radar 1, record 6, English, MTI%20Doppler%20radar
correct
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- radar Doppler à visualisation des cibles mobiles
1, record 6, French, radar%20Doppler%20%C3%A0%20visualisation%20des%20cibles%20mobiles
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- radar Doppler VCM 1, record 6, French, radar%20Doppler%20VCM
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1989-02-20
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
- Computers and Calculators
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- digital MTI radar system
1, record 7, English, digital%20MTI%20radar%20system
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
- Ordinateurs et calculateurs
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- système numérique d'élimination des échos fixes
1, record 7, French, syst%C3%A8me%20num%C3%A9rique%20d%27%C3%A9limination%20des%20%C3%A9chos%20fixes
masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1984-02-06
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- coherent moving target indicator
1, record 8, English, coherent%20moving%20target%20indicator
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
a moving target indicator(MTI) in which a radar reference frequency oscillator is used in the receiver for phase comparison with the return signals for determining the radial component of the velocity of an object. 1, record 8, English, - coherent%20moving%20target%20indicator
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- éliminateur d'échos fixes cohérent
1, record 8, French, %C3%A9liminateur%20d%27%C3%A9chos%20fixes%20coh%C3%A9rent
proposal, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1982-06-07
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Aeroindustry
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- ballistic tracking radar
1, record 9, English, ballistic%20tracking%20radar
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ballistic tracking radar : ITT Gilfillan(...) revealed details of its new ARBAT range instrumentation radar for testing artillery and other projectiles.(...) ARBAT employs a 3 cm pulse-Doppler radar with an electronically-scanning planar array that acquires the projectile 60 msec after firing and can track it over 50 km(30 mi) down to 0. 5 ° above the horizon, by using advanced MTI clutter-rejection processing. 1, record 9, English, - ballistic%20tracking%20radar
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Constructions aéronautiques
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- radar de poursuite balistique 1, record 9, French, radar%20de%20poursuite%20balistique
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Radar de poursuite balistique. La société ITT Gilfillan, (...) a donné quelques détails sur son nouveau radar de poursuite ARBAT pour essais d'obus et d'autres projectives [sic] (...) il s'agit d'un radar Doppler à impulsions de 3 cm avec réflecteur à balayage électronique, capable "d'accrocher" le projectile 60 ms après le tir et de le poursuivre sur 50 km jusqu'à 0,5 ° au-dessus de l'horizon, utilisant une technique très élaborée d'élimination des échos fixes. 1, record 9, French, - radar%20de%20poursuite%20balistique
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1981-11-16
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Aeroindustry
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- velocity gate
1, record 10, English, velocity%20gate
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The radar is a Doppler MTI [moving target indicator] system with what is described as a "pretty low velocity gate" to enable slow-moving vehicles to be detected. 1, record 10, English, - velocity%20gate
Record 10, Key term(s)
- velocity threshold
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Constructions aéronautiques
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- seuil de détection de vitesse 1, record 10, French, seuil%20de%20d%C3%A9tection%20de%20vitesse
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le radar Doppler à éliminateur d'échos fixes aurait un "seuil de détection de vitesse très bas", de façon à pouvoir détecter des véhicules se déplaçant très lentement. 1, record 10, French, - seuil%20de%20d%C3%A9tection%20de%20vitesse
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 1978-04-20
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- blind phase
1, record 11, English, blind%20phase
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Some of the limitations [of a MTI radar] referred to as follows :...(b) Blind phases-where a moving target produces the same output from the phase detector whose characteristic is symmetrical in the phase axis. 2, record 11, English, - blind%20phase
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- phase aveugle
1, record 11, French, phase%20aveugle
feminine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
- phase d'aveuglement 2, record 11, French, phase%20d%27aveuglement
feminine noun
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Chaque fois que le deuxième facteur est nul, [...] c'est le phénomène des phases aveugles. 3, record 11, French, - phase%20aveugle
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
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