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4 May 2017 The need for separate operational and engineering user interfaces for command and control of airborne synthetic aperture radar systems
Laura M. Klein, Laura A. McNamara
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Abstract
In this paper, we address the needed components to create usable engineering and operational user interfaces (UIs) for airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems. As airborne SAR technology gains wider acceptance in the remote sensing and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) communities, the need for effective and appropriate UIs to command and control these sensors has also increased. However, despite the growing demand for SAR in operational environments, the technology still faces an adoption roadblock, in large part due to the lack of effective UIs. It is common to find operational interfaces that have barely grown beyond the disparate tools engineers and technologists developed to demonstrate an initial concept or system. While sensor usability and utility are common requirements to engineers and operators, their objectives for interacting with the sensor are different. As such, the amount and type of information presented ought to be tailored to the specific application.
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Laura M. Klein and Laura A. McNamara "The need for separate operational and engineering user interfaces for command and control of airborne synthetic aperture radar systems", Proc. SPIE 10190, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR VIII, 101900J (4 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266387
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KEYWORDS
Radar

Synthetic aperture radar

Human-machine interfaces

Sensors

Signal to noise ratio

Systems modeling

Control systems

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