In radio electronics, especially radar terminology, slant range or slant distance is the distance along the relative direction between two points. If the two points are at the same level (relative to a specific datum), the slant distance equals the horizontal distance.
An example of slant range is the distance to an aircraft flying at high altitude with respect to that of the radar antenna. The slant range (1) is the hypotenuse of the triangle represented by the altitude of the aircraft and the distance between the radar antenna and the aircraft's ground track (point (3) on the earth directly below the aircraft). In the absence of altitude information, for example from a height finder, the aircraft location would be plotted further (2) from the antenna than its actual ground track.
See also
- Ranging
- Spherical range
- Line-of-sight_propagation
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In radio electronics especially radar terminology slant range or slant distance is the distance along the relative direction between two points If the two points are at the same level relative to a specific datum the slant distance equals the horizontal distance Sensor slant rangeSensor slant range 1 An example of slant range is the distance to an aircraft flying at high altitude with respect to that of the radar antenna The slant range 1 is the hypotenuse of the triangle represented by the altitude of the aircraft and the distance between the radar antenna and the aircraft s ground track point 3 on the earth directly below the aircraft In the absence of altitude information for example from a height finder the aircraft location would be plotted further 2 from the antenna than its actual ground track See alsoRanging Spherical range Line of sight propagationReferences This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C General Services Administration Archived from the original on 2022 01 22 in support of MIL STD 188 This article incorporates public domain material from Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms United States Department of Defense This article about wireless technology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
