Question on radar data type en recordings
Hello,
I have two questions on radar used for civil aviation air traffic control.
1. what is the difference between processed primary radar data and 'actually displayed data as seen by the air traffic controller?
I understand raw data is feed by multiple radar stations into a computer. The computer filters the noise. Then processed primary and processed secondary are mixed and presented to the ATC controller. What other processing or filtering is done?
2. what is the common method to store primary radar data? As raw or as processed and as displayed to the controller?
Are these depending on the vendor of the radar system?
Last edited by 1stspotter; 9th Feb 2016 at 18:47.