An RCS Uncertainty Analysis Calibration Report for AFRL RCS Calibration Cylinders

摘要

In order to have definitive measurement trace-ability according to ANSI-Z-540, a radar cross section measurement facility must have solid traceability to a known and accepted measure-ment standard. The Air Force Research Lab-oratory choose short right circular cylinders as calibration standards for their facilities. We de-scribe a general RCS uncertainty analysis tech-nique, and apply the method to our calibration standards to establish absolute traceability to a known standard. Though applied to cylinders in the current paper, the uncertainty method is general enough for any arbitrary target.