Radar GIS for site acceptance testing

Radar site acceptance testing is a demanding and costly task and requires good planning of the routes for probing aircraft and ships. In this work a preparation for radar site acceptance is presented with use of Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System (AREPS) propagation model and ArcGIS charting of interesting points detected by the model. This approach enables prediction of radar coverage and significant cost reduction in actual aircraft and ship probing due to optimal route planning. This methodology was applied during recent modernization and optimization of the coastal radar network for the Croatian Navy and Croatian Ministry of the Interior.