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TARGET ACQUISITION WEAPONS SOFTWARE (TAWS) IMPROVEMENTS FOR OVER-WATER TARGETS Charles P. McGrath Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, Code 2858 49170 Propagation Path San Diego, CA 92152-7385 ABSTRACT The Target Acquisition Weapons Software (TAWS) is a weather impact tactical decision aid. TAWS was originally developed by the U.S. Air Force, but has been significantly upgraded and adapted to meet Army, Navy-Marine, and Coast Guard applications. This paper discusses improving TAWS predictions for naval applications by adding the wake effects to boat and ship targets. TAWS could not accurately model moving water targets prior to this improvement because wake effects were not modeled. An empirically based computational approach is taken to accommodate the runtime constraints of an operational mission planning system. While TAWS only requires a computed wake correction for target-background temperature contrast and apparent area, the model is also suitable for scene generating programs that give pilots fly-through and target previews. The atmospheric effects of the wake model use the well known MODTRAN code, and the radiance calculations use the same methods as the SeaRad water background code currently in TAWS. These basic modeling methods are discussed and results comparing TAWS predictions with radiometric field data are presented. The topic areas include a general wake model description and prediction results for target detection and recognition ranges, zero-range target-with-wake radiance, background radiance, and apparent area.