Sea Clutter Data Collection and Analysis for the Design of Harbor Surveillance Radar Systems.

Abstract

The report presents a description of a sea clutter measurements program conducted at San Francisco during spring and summer of 1971 in support of the San Francisco Experimental Vessel Traffic System (VTS) development program. Using a mobile instrumentation van containing a high resolution radar and associated signal processing electronics, sea clutter characteristics of the entrance channel (from Point Bonita) and the inner harbor (from Treasure Island) were determined. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0779560

Entities

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clutter
  • Electronics
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Radar
  • Sea Clutter
  • Signal Processing
  • Surveillance
  • Surveillance Radar
  • Vessel Traffic Systems

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics