OCEAN SURVEILLANCE RADAR PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS. CASE II - NONCOHERENT SIDELOOKING RADAR

Abstract

A computer-aided analysis of the Non-Coherent Sidelooking Radar (Case II) for Ocean Surveillance shows trends in system requirements as functions of radar system and operational parameters. The parameters specifically analyzed include: Operating frequency, pulse length, swath width, azimuthal beamwidth, orbital altitude, antenna size, average and peak power, elevation beamshaping, and swath position relative to different outer-bound grazing angles. In the development of the radar equation for the Case II analysis, consideration is given to: Sea clutter models, tropospheric propagation losses, system losses, Faraday rotation effects, target integration, and partial sea-clutter integration effects. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0391513

Entities

People

  • Donald F. Hemenway
  • Stephen Angyal
  • Steve A. Zuro

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Apertures
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Compression Ratio
  • Computer Programs
  • Depression
  • Depression Angles
  • Detection
  • Grazing Angles
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Parametric Analysis
  • Peak Power
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pulse Compression
  • Radar
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Side Looking Radar
  • Surveillance Radar

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects