Aircraft: Pointing Covariance (Projection)
Projection of the equal probability density ellipsoid defined by the pointing covariance matrix
onto the plane perpendicular to the mean pointing direction.
The data requires position covariance to be defined for the object and/or its target.
Type: Time-varying data
Availability: Reports
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Name | Dimension | Type | Description |
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Time | DateFormat | Real Number | Time. |
Sigma Axis-1 | AngleUnit | Real Number | Square root of the first diagonal component of the projected covariance matrix. |
Sigma Axis-2 | AngleUnit | Real Number | Square root of the second diagonal component of the projected covariance matrix. |
1/(Inverted Sigma Axis-1) | AngleUnit | Real Number | Square root of the inverse of the first diagonal element of the inverse of the projected covariance matrix. |
1/(Inverted Sigma Axis-2) | AngleUnit | Real Number | Square root of the inverse of the second diagonal element of the inverse of the projected covariance matrix. |
Correlation 12 | Unitless | Real Number | Correlation coefficient of the projected covariance matrix. |
Major Sigma Dir Angle | AngleUnit | Real Number | Angle between the major axis of the equal probability density ellipse and
the first axis of the projection plane. |
Major Sigma | AngleUnit | Real Number | Square root of the maximum eigenvalue of the projected covariance matrix. |
Minor Sigma | AngleUnit | Real Number | Square root of the minimum eigenvalue of the projected covariance matrix. |
Area | Angle Squared | Real Number | Area of the equal probability density ellipse defined by the projected covariance matrix. |
CEP | AngleUnit | Real Number | "Circular error probable" - statistically equivalent circular representation for the elliptical equal probability density contour defined by the projected covariance matrix. |