Land Clutter Characteristics for Computer Modeling of Fire Control Radar Systems

Abstract

Summarized in this report are the pertinent, unclassified data on the reflectivity of a variety of classes of land clutter. The data are confined to those taken at radar frequencies included between 9 and 95 GHz. Brief discussions are included for a number of the characteristics of radar return from clutter, although emphasis is directed to the average statistics of the amplitude of the return. Preliminary mathematical representations are included which describe: (1) average radar cross-section per unit area, (2) amplitude statistics of the return, (3) spectral behavior of received power, and (4) polarization properties of the return from foliage. Also included is a discussion of some of the effects of the characteristics of land clutter on the choice of system parameters and on the nature of the problem of target detection in clutter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1973
Accession Number
AD0912490

Entities

People

  • Frederick B. Dyer
  • Robert D. Hayes

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Clutter
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Fire Control Radar
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Grazing Angles
  • Ground Clutter
  • K Band
  • Normal Distribution
  • Radar
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Radiation
  • Reflectivity
  • Sea Clutter
  • Statistics

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  • Business Analytics
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.