Definition and Location of Homogeneous Regions in Radar Backscatter.

Abstract

Two definitions of radar clutter homogeneity are presented and tested on clutter data supplied by the Signal Processing Laboratory at Rome Air Development Center. The two-dimensional spectra of clutter regions are individually tested for compliance with the rough clutter definition. The isodistributive definition utilizes a non-parametric (Kruskal-Wallis) statistical test to locate clutter regions whose individual resolution cells possess identical backscatter populations. The regions which conform to the rough clutter definition of homogeneity are seen to be areas of low intensity backscatter or areas dominated by thermal noise. The isodistributive regions that are located in the clutter data correspond to the areas between high-intensity regions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA113384

Entities

People

  • Bruce A. Black
  • Mohammed Arozullah
  • Steven T. Cummings

Organizations

  • Clarkson University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cell Size
  • Data Sets
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Ground Clutter
  • New York
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Pulse Compression
  • Radar
  • Radar Clutter
  • Random Variables
  • Scattering
  • Signal Processing
  • Spectra
  • Spectral Lines

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Regression Analysis.