SCATTERING MATRIX UTILIZATION STUDY.
Abstract
The report includes the results of an investigation in which the feasibility of using target scattering matrices in various identification and discrimination processes was examined. The primary purpose of the investigation was to investigate the enhancement to identification and discrimination obtained by use of the scattering matrix signature relative to that obtained using signatures which can be measured by conventional or coherent radars. Additional objectives included an investigation of the use of polarization averaging as an identification aid and an investigation of the feasibility of using a noise subtraction technique to improve noisy scattering matrix data. The importance of the scattering matrix as an identification and/or discrimination aid is investigated on the basis of a measure of the relative ambiguity of representation obtained using various types of radar signatures. The ability to classify vehicles on the basis of their polarization averaged characteristics is investigated. A noise subtraction technique based on the subtraction of the average noise from the measured cross section is investigated and shown to provide a significant degree of improvement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0820553
Entities
People
- George W. Gruver
Organizations
- General Dynamics