Clutter Suppression by Means of Digital MTI as Applied to Precision Approach Radar

Abstract

A major concern in the design of X-Band precision approach radars is the detection and tracking of aircraft in heavy rain clutter. The objective of the investigation was to explore the ability of a particular digital band-pass filter to discriminate Doppler shifted aircraft from such clutter. The filter was designed and tested in software using complementary PRFs. Rain clutter was modeled statistically using realistic parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA004475

Entities

People

  • R. J. Long

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Circular Polarization
  • Converters
  • Corporations
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Elevation
  • Frequency Response
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Power Spectra
  • Probability
  • Radial Velocity
  • Standards
  • White Noise

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  • Radar Systems Engineering.