Dwell time (radar)
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Dwell time (TD) in surveillance radar is the time that an antenna beam spends on a target.[1] The dwell time of a 2D–search radar depends predominantly on
- the antenna's horizontal beam width θAZ, and
- the turn speed n of the antenna (in rotations per minute or rpm, i.e. 360 degrees in 60 seconds = multiplied by a factor of 6).
Dwell time is calculated by:
References[]
- ^ "Dwell Time and Hits Per Scan". Radartutorial.
This article incorporates text by Christian Wolff available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
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