SEEK IGLOO Radar Clutter Study

Abstract

This report presents the procedures and results of a clutter measurement program conducted in Alaska during the summer of 1976. Both amplitude and spectral density functions were modeled from the data taken from land, sea, weather, and other forms of clutter. Sectors over which clutter was measured varied in size and in roughness, and, consequently, gave rise to density functions, ranging from log-normal, where major shadowing did not occur, to heavily contaminated-normal with large regions of shadowing. Reflectivity for 50 to 84 percentile characterizing the worst case terrain features are also presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047897

Entities

People

  • James P. Ryan
  • Vincent C. Vannicola
  • William L. Simkins

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analyzers
  • Birds
  • Depression Angles
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Ground Clutter
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Radar Clutter
  • Sea Clutter
  • Spectrum Analyzers
  • Transmitters
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.