Examples

Radar coverage map examples

Each map below is a screenshot of a run on the live platform, made with generic radar and target presets. Colour shows detection probability for the chosen target; unshaded ground is out of coverage, usually because terrain blocks the path from the radar.

Radar detection probability map over the Dover Strait from a 25 m coastal radar site, computed in Axiorad — Dover Strait, United Kingdom
Coastal radar coverage map
Detection probability over the sea from a 25 m cliff-top radar site at Dover. Inland, only the hillsides facing the radar are covered; terrain masks the rest.
Radar coverage analysis

Radar coverage confined to the water of Geirangerfjord between steep mountain walls — Geirangerfjord, Norway
Maritime radar coverage in a fjord
A fishing-vessel target seen from a 12 m shore site. The fjord walls keep coverage on the water the radar can actually see.
Propagation models

Ground radar detection probability following a desert wadi in Wadi Rum, Jordan — Wadi Rum, Jordan
Terrain-aware ground radar detection
Each cell gets a path profile from the radar over real elevation, so masking by ridges and valley walls shows up as gaps in the map.
Propagation models

Axiorad workspace showing ground radar coverage along a desert wadi in Wadi Rum, with the run results panel open — Wadi Rum, Jordan
Ground surveillance radar in the desert
A vehicle target among desert massifs. Coverage follows the wadi floor between the jebels, and the results panel reports covered area and effective range.
Radar coverage analysis

3D terrain of the Llanberis Pass with detection probability for a medium drone shaded above the valley — Llanberis Pass, Wales
Drone detection coverage over 3D terrain
Computed air coverage for a medium drone over a steep Welsh valley. Ridges leave unshaded gaps where the radar cannot see the drone.
Computed air coverage

Tilted 3D terrain of the Llanberis Pass with drone detection probability shaded at 126 metres above ground — Llanberis Pass, Wales
3D drone radar coverage
Detection probability for a medium drone at 126 m above ground, draped over 3D terrain. The view switches between ground level, any altitude and the lowest detectable altitude.
Technology

Axiorad workspace with the range–altitude panel expanded beneath the coastal coverage map — Dover Strait, United Kingdom
Range–altitude coverage section
A range–altitude view of the antenna's coverage beneath the ground map. This one is the idealised Blake estimate, labelled as such in the app.
Methodology

Axiorad workspace showing coastal radar coverage over the Dover Strait, with the radar configuration column open — Dover Strait, United Kingdom
Coastal surveillance workspace
The same coastal run in the workspace. The configuration column holds the radar's position, mast height and analysis radius.
Radar coverage analysis

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Place a radar, choose a target and run the same calculation for your location.

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