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3 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
Table 3-1 lists the six project performance objectives, in the form of 24 quantitative plus 14
qualitative performance metrics with related criteria, for the IVAR Project. We have grouped
together the metrics relating to each of the project tasks (see Section 2.4.3) to assist the reader.
The numbering conventions used in Table 3-1 are retained throughout this report to facilitate
cross-referencing and traceability.
As noted in Table 3-1, for all 24 quantitative performance metrics, the related specified success
criteria were met or exceeded (“Demonstrated :”), as were all 14 qualitative performance criteria
(“Achieved :”).
Table 3-1. Performance Objectives.
Performance
Objective
Quantitative Performance Objectives
Automatic
Tracking
Metrics (a) Description Data Requirements
PA1.1 - Tracks
single birds and
flocks
Use visual and
thermal
confirmations to
validate targets
auto-tracked by
radar are birds.
Use UAV to
independently
confirm target’s
spatial
coordinates.
Using Method #3
[Appendix B], visual
observers at different
ranges and bearings will
confirm as birds targets
tracked by radar. Using
Method #4, a thermal
imager will be used to
identify biological
targets passing through
radar beam. Following
Method #5, data from
recording GPS in a
remotely-controlled
helicopter (RCH) will be
compared with
coordinate data from
radar tracks of that
target.
Success
Criteria
Evidence of
100+ groundtruthed
tracks
at each of 3
geographic
locations
Results (b)
Demonstrated:
100+ targets
visually confirmed
as birds at
3 locations
[6.1.1.1.1]; high
correlation of
radar & thermal
tracks for 900+
targets
[6.1.1.1.2]; 60%
of radar
coordinates were
within ±10 m of
GPS-recorded
coordinates from
RCH [6.1.1.1.3].
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