Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
electronic navigational shadow sectors
French translation:
secteurs masqués des appareils électroniques de navigation
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philippe vandevivere
Jul 26, 2014 12:24
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English term
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electronic navigational shadow sectors
English to French
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
radar
Il s'agit d'une procédure d'utilisation du positionnement dynamique sur navires ravitailleurs de plateformes pétrolières :
Suggested factors for consideration when performing a Risk Assessment:
• ...
• Relative size of DP VESSEL and the offshore installation;
• Nature of the supply operation;
• ...
• Proximity of other obstructions in the immediate area;
• Possibility of electronic navigational shadow sectors when close to installations;
Suggested factors for consideration when performing a Risk Assessment:
• ...
• Relative size of DP VESSEL and the offshore installation;
• Nature of the supply operation;
• ...
• Proximity of other obstructions in the immediate area;
• Possibility of electronic navigational shadow sectors when close to installations;
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secteurs masqués des appareils électroniques de navigation
Par exemple le secteur de balayage de l’antenne radar masqué par une obstruction.
http://www.seasources.net/Radar_Terms.htm :
Shadow sector : A sector on the radarscope in which the appearance of radar echoes is improbable because of an obstruction near the antenna. While both blind and shadow sectors have the same basic cause, bind sectors generally occur at the larger angles subtended the obstruction.
https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/c4/regulations/safetyofnav... RADARS
(See also SOLAS V/19.2.3.2 and 2.7.1)
8.1) Siting of the antenna unit
8.1.1) Siting of a radar antenna needs careful consideration so that a suitable compromise is reached which takes into consideration the effect of height on range performance and sea clutter, physical integrity and the need to minimise shadow sectors and false echoes through reflection.
http://www.seasources.net/Radar_Terms.htm :
Shadow sector : A sector on the radarscope in which the appearance of radar echoes is improbable because of an obstruction near the antenna. While both blind and shadow sectors have the same basic cause, bind sectors generally occur at the larger angles subtended the obstruction.
https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/c4/regulations/safetyofnav... RADARS
(See also SOLAS V/19.2.3.2 and 2.7.1)
8.1) Siting of the antenna unit
8.1.1) Siting of a radar antenna needs careful consideration so that a suitable compromise is reached which takes into consideration the effect of height on range performance and sea clutter, physical integrity and the need to minimise shadow sectors and false echoes through reflection.
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zones non couvertes par le GPS
Comme pour la couverture en téléphonie...
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Daryo
: BEFORE GPS was even at the stage of a crazy sounding new idea there was a number of navigational systems (like radars ...) many still in use.
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zones à l'ombre de ...
Je suppose qu'on parle de zones où il est difficile ou impossible de capter un signal de positionnement?
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-07-26 14:43:30 GMT)
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'hors' étant synonyme de 'à l'ombre', mais moins nuancé
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-07-26 14:43:30 GMT)
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'hors' étant synonyme de 'à l'ombre', mais moins nuancé
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Antoine Dequidt
: S’il s’agissait de zones le terme en anglais serait "areas". Le texte source fait mention de la proximité d’installations : "close to installations"
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Daryo
: that's the basic idea
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zones d'ombre par rapport aux systèmes électroniques de navigation
Possibility of electronic navigational shadow sectors when close to installations;
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here it's a negative/unwanted possibility i.e. a risk
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risque [pour le navire] de se retrouver dans une zone d'ombre par rapport aux systèmes électroniques de navigation
this is most likely about radio beacons used in maritime navigation - when a ship gets close to a huge metal structure like an oil rig, it can find itself in the shadow of a beam emitted by a radio beacon (i.e. in a zone where the signal is obstructed by the oil rig).
This would renders this navigational system useless, as at least two signals from two radio beacons are needed to get a positional fix by triangulation; if the ship is the "shadow" of one radio beacon, the other one on its own is useless.
"Radio beacons
A radio beacon is a transmitter at a known location, which transmits a continuous or periodic radio signal with limited information content (for example its identification or location), on a specified radio frequency. Occasionally the beacon function is combined with some other transmission, like telemetry data or meteorological information.
Radio beacons have many applications, including air and sea navigation, propagation research, robotic mapping, radio frequency identification (radio-frequency identification, RFID) and indoor guidance as with real time locating systems (RTLS) like Syledis."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_beacon]
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http://www.epandi.com/ukpandi/infopool.nsf/html/LPBulletin61...
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here it's a negative/unwanted possibility i.e. a risk
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risque [pour le navire] de se retrouver dans une zone d'ombre par rapport aux systèmes électroniques de navigation
this is most likely about radio beacons used in maritime navigation - when a ship gets close to a huge metal structure like an oil rig, it can find itself in the shadow of a beam emitted by a radio beacon (i.e. in a zone where the signal is obstructed by the oil rig).
This would renders this navigational system useless, as at least two signals from two radio beacons are needed to get a positional fix by triangulation; if the ship is the "shadow" of one radio beacon, the other one on its own is useless.
"Radio beacons
A radio beacon is a transmitter at a known location, which transmits a continuous or periodic radio signal with limited information content (for example its identification or location), on a specified radio frequency. Occasionally the beacon function is combined with some other transmission, like telemetry data or meteorological information.
Radio beacons have many applications, including air and sea navigation, propagation research, robotic mapping, radio frequency identification (radio-frequency identification, RFID) and indoor guidance as with real time locating systems (RTLS) like Syledis."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_beacon]
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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-07-26 18:27:13 GMT)
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http://www.epandi.com/ukpandi/infopool.nsf/html/LPBulletin61...
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