Missile: Position Covariance CrossSection Impact

Position Covariance CrossSection Impact computes cross-section of the position covariance ellipsoid in a plane perpendicular to the object's CBF velocity at the stop time (impact time). The resulting ellipse is projected futher along the CBF velocity which makes up an elliptical cylinder. The cylinder's intersection with the local horizontal plane makes the final ellipse which is reported by this data provider.

Type: Fixed data

Availability: Reports

NameDimensionTypeDescription
TimeDateFormatReal NumberTime.
Sigma Axis-1DistanceUnitReal NumberSquare root of the first diagonal component of the projected covariance matrix.
Sigma Axis-2DistanceUnitReal NumberSquare root of the second diagonal component of the projected covariance matrix.
Correlation 12UnitlessReal NumberCorrelation coefficient of the projected covariance matrix.
1/(Inverted Sigma Axis-1)DistanceUnitReal NumberSquare root of the inverse of the first diagonal element of the inverse of the projected covariance matrix.
1/(Inverted Sigma Axis-2)DistanceUnitReal NumberSquare root of the inverse of the second diagonal element of the inverse of the projected covariance matrix.
Major Sigma AzimuthAngleUnitReal NumberMajor Sigma Azimuth reports azimuth angle of the direction of the major sigma (the largest dimension) of the ellipse in the local horizontal plane.
Major SigmaDistanceUnitReal NumberSquare root of the maximum eigenvalue of the projected covariance matrix.
Minor SigmaDistanceUnitReal NumberSquare root of the minimum eigenvalue of the projected covariance matrix.
AreaAreaReal NumberModel area.
CEPDistanceUnitReal Number"Circular error probable" - statistically equivalent circular representation for the elliptical equal probability density contour defined by the projected covariance matrix.