Compensation of Multipath Angular Tracking Errors in Radar

Abstract

Multipath compensation techniques for radar applications are being evaluated. Three methods which comprise an extension of the conventional monopulse and a fourth that uses coherent samples taken across the antenna aperture were considered. The performance in the presence of a single specular reflection from the ground is compared by means of Monte Carlo computer simulations. The aperture sampling technique using a minimizing search processing is found to outperform the other methods. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1974
Accession Number
AD0781100

Entities

People

  • Israel Kupiec

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Simulations
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffuse Reflection
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Diversity
  • Fresnel Zones
  • Illumination
  • Low Elevation
  • Phased Arrays
  • Plane Waves
  • Radar
  • Sensitivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radar Systems Engineering.