INFLUENCE OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE ON RADAR

Abstract

This report provides radar designers with background information on how the idealized free-space radar theory must be modified to take account of reflections from the earth's surface. It is primarily concerned with problems that arise in designing systems that are airborne and contains discussions of the following topics: effects of reflections from the earth on the signal received from an elevated target, implications of these effects for detection and parameter estimation, effects of surface roughness, techniques for the reduction of clutter, scattering from the ocean, and spherical-earth geometry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 18, 1965
Accession Number
AD0627635

Entities

People

  • Nathaniel I. Durlach

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne Early Warning
  • Altitude
  • Backscattering
  • Bandwidth
  • Birds
  • Crystal Structure
  • Detection
  • Diffraction
  • Doppler Effect
  • Equations
  • Forward Scattering
  • Geometry
  • Radar
  • Radar Antennas
  • Scattering
  • Surface Roughness
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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