Coherent Overlaying - A Signature Enhancement Processing Technique

Abstract

A technique called coherent overlaying was developed for improving the signal-to-noise ratio in plots of radar return vs. time. The essential feature of the technique is a phase corrected summation of pulses which have been scattered by the same point on a target. Several test cases are discussed and the time signature of ATS-3 which was too weak to be extracted by regular processing of Millstone Hill radar data is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1975
Accession Number
ADA010477

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  • Lee B. Spence

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • Space

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  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
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