FLUCTUATIONS OF CW RADAR ECHOES FROM AIRCRAFT,

Abstract

The randomly fluctuating radar echo from an aircraft can be reasonably well described by a family of probability distribution functions - each curve indicating the average amplitudes of echo samples of a particular length. A sufficient number of curves would provide autocorrelation and spectral information (as well as amplitude distribution); not directly but in a form which is often useful in detection studies. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0654434

Entities

People

  • T. S. Edrington

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Amplitude
  • Autocorrelation
  • Continuous-Wave Radar
  • Cooperation
  • Detection
  • Distribution Functions
  • Families (Human)
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radar

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.