MEASUREMENTS USING A POLARIZATION INSTRUMENTATION RADAR ON NAVIGATIONAL BUOYS
Abstract
A pulsed radar system for studying the polarization characteristics of targets was built which is capable of transmitting any 1 of 4 selected polarized components (V, H, R, L) while receiving all 4 simultaneously for each pulse. In addition, an amplitude technique for examining the tilt angle of the total polarized return is incorporated within the system. Measurements were made on three different standard radar navigational buoys. It was found that vertical and horizontal polarized transmission resulted in no observable depolarization in the received signal. Use of circularly polarized transmission, however, resulted in substantial depolarization in the received signal. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0268727
Entities
People
- F.d. Queen
- I.d. Olin
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory