Resolution Limitations of a Random Inhomogeneous Medium.

Abstract

Signals transmitted through a random and inhomogeneous medium will suffer from wavefront distortion and from time and frequency dispersion. This will generally impair the resolution with which target position and doppler can be determined. Treating the resolution properties by means of ambiguity functions, the effects on range, angle and doppler resolution of a particular simple type of random medium are considered. The effect of time and frequency dispersion on the range-doppler ambiguity function is first reviewed. The effects that a random and spatially-dependent medium can have on range and angle resolution is discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750755

Entities

People

  • Jens M. Hovem

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambiguity
  • Dispersions
  • Distortion
  • Frequency
  • Wavefronts

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.