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POSITION ANALYSER [3 records]

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Record 1 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Equipment
  • Road Construction
CONT

ARAN(Automatic Road Analyser) fitted with a laser transversal/longitudinal profilometer, with a differential satellitary position system(GPS) and telecameras.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Appareil monté sur remorque qui évalue les déformations de la chaussée par mesure en continu de l'angle fait par un bras articulé portant une roue palpeuse maintenue au contact du revêtement, avec un pendule d'inertie horizontal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Fire Detection
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

In the lightning locator system ... the central processor of incoming lightning flash data from the network of direction finder.

OBS

[The position analyzer compares] detected flash data from the direction finder and triangulates, records, stores, and plots calculated flash locations for output to a remote display system.

Key term(s)
  • position analyser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Détection des incendies
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Dans un système de localisation de la foudre, unité centrale qui traite les données sur les éclairs provenant du réseau de l'analyseur de direction.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The other equipment necessary is already available, in conjunction with PADS(Position and Azimuth Determining System for Artillery), to achieve a first salvo capability : at the forward observation post-the laser rangefinder; at the weapon-the Electronic Velocity Analyser(EVA) and the Field Artillery Computer Equipment(FACE). In addition there is the Artillery Meteorological System(AMETS) taking care of the trajectory.

Key term(s)
  • electronic velocity analyzer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

Les autres équipements nécessaires, en conjonction avec le PADS (Position and Azimuth Determining System), pour atteindre à une efficacité du tir d'emblée, existent déjà : au poste d'observateur avancé, le télémètre à laser; au voisinage de la pièce, l'analyseur électronique de vitesse initiale (EVA) et le calculateur d'artillerie de campagne (FACE). Et puis, il y a également l'équipement météorologique d'artillerie (AMETS) grâce auquel la trajectoire sera plus exacte.

Spanish

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