Illumination and Visibility of Radar and Sonar Displays -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SESSION I: OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CATHODE-RAY TUBES AND DISPLAYS IN RELATION TO ILLUMINATION PROBLEMS -- Factors Affecting the Design of a Lighting System for SAGE -- Lighting, Building Design, and Human Factors in Systems Engineering -- Operational Aspects of Radar Displays Used for Air Traffic Control -- ILLUMINATION ENVIRONMENT FOR PRESENT-DAY AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL DISPLAYS -- EFFORTS OF TDC TO IMPROVE LIGHTING AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS -- ATC DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS -- Operational Requirements for Illumination and Visibility of Radar Displays in Air Force Radar Approach Control Centers -- FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE RAPCON -- THE PHASE I RAPCON -- THE PHASE II RAPCON -- AN APPROACH TO THE ILLUMINATION PROBLEM -- Operational Requirements for Illumination in Combat Information Centers -- Sonar Displays -- SESSION II: METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AMBIENT ILLUMINATION -- The Rationale for Use of Controlled White Light in Radar and Sonar Spaces -- Some Applications of Controlled White Lighting -- FLIGHT PROGRESS CONSOLES -- RADAR CONSOLES -- ENVIRONMENT -- GCA LIGHTING -- A Broad-Band-Blue Lighting System for Radar Approach Control Centers: Evaluations and Refinements Based on Three Years of Ope -- PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED FROM A SPECIALIZED LIGHTING SYSTEM IN A RADAR CONTROL ROOM -- OPERATIONAL SUITABILITY TESTS -- Relations Among Dark Adaptation, the Spectral Character of Illumination, and the Visual Task -- THE RELATION OF DARK ADAPTATION TO THE THRESHOLD CRITERION -- COMBINED FUNCTION OF RODS AND CONES -- EQUATION OF VARIOUS SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR CONE VISION -- DARK ADAPTATION FOLLOWING SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE LIGHT ADAPTATION -- THE CONE-TO-ROD LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY RATIO.

DARK ADAPTATION AS A FUNCTION OF THE CONE-ROD RATIO OF THE ADAPTING LIGHT -- Effects of Certain Pre-Exposure Variables on Dark Adaptation -- PRE-EXPOSURE TOLERANCE OF PERIPHERAL RETINA -- EFFECT OF PRE-EXPOSURE SIZE ON FOVEAL DARK ADAPTATION -- EFFECT OF PRE-EXPOSURE SIZE ON PERIPHERAL DARK ADAPTATION -- Making Radar Indicators Useful in High Ambient Illumination -- SESSION III: DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY VISUAL FACTORS -- The Interpretation of Simulated, Achromatic, Radar-Scope Targets -- APPARATUS -- PROCEDURE -- OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- The Discrimination of Simulated, Chromatic, Radar Targets -- APPARATUS -- PROCEDURE -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING DR. CROOK'S PAPER -- Some Effects of Grid Bias and Video Input Levels on Detection with an Intensity-Modulated Cathode-Ray Tube -- APPROACH -- RESULTS -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING MR. HAMILTON'S PAPER -- The Effect of Number of Signal Pulses Upon Signal Detectability With PPI Scopes -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE PAPER BY ERDMANN AND MYERS -- Target Detection as a Function of Signal-to-Noise Ratio Pulse Repetition Frequency, and Scan Rate -- METHOD OF APPROACH -- RESULTS -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE PAPER BY PIAZZA AND GOODMAN -- Effects of Rate and Prolonged Viewing of Radar Signal Flicker -- METHOD AND PROCEDURE -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE PAPER BY DEBONS AND FRIED -- Target Detectability as a Function of the Area of Search with Various Degrees of Noise Present -- APPARATUS AND PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING WEASNER'S PAPER -- The Perception of Space in a Three-Dimensional Display -- PERCEPTIONS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE -- RELATIONS BETWEEN THE VISUAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD -- CONCLUSIONS -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING DR. GOGEL'S PAPER -- SESSION IV: NEW TECHNIQUES UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

The Presentation of Alphanumeric Information -- CHARACTER GENERATION -- DISPLAY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS -- Target Intensity on a Radar Indicator as a Function of the Radar Parameters -- HUMAN REQUIREMENTS FOR TARGET DETECTION -- PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS -- OTHER MEANS FOR ENHANCING DETECTABILITY -- COMMENTS FOLLOWING MR. OGLAND'S PAPER -- Bright Displays via Scan Conversion -- The Army-Navy Aircraft Instrumentation Program -- Transparent Phosphors for Cathode-Ray Tubes -- FORMATION OF TRANSPARENT LUMINESCENT SCREENS -- APPLICATIONS -- Direct-View Storage Tubes -- BISTABLE TUBES -- HALFTONE TUBES -- LARGE-SCREEN AND MULTICOLOR STORAGE TUBES -- Bright-Steady Electroluminescent Displays Under Development -- PERSISTENT-EMISSION PANELS -- STORAGE PANELS -- SESSION V: DISCUSSION -- SESSION V: DISCUSSION -- Panel Discussion -- General Discussion -- GLOSSARY -- ROSTER AND INDEX.