A Radar Sea Clutter Model for Atmospheric Ducting Conditions

Abstract

The Integrated Refractive Effects Prediction System (IREPS) should consider sea clutter effects under atmospheric ducting conditions. The IREPS, undergoing research and development at Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC), is intended to provide a shipboard environmental data processing and display capability to assess refractive effects of the lower atmosphere for naval EM systems. Although intended to be incorporated eventually as a part of the Tactical Environment Support System (TESS), the IREPS is currently configured as an interim version based on a Hewlett-Packard 9845 desktop calculator. A comprehensive discussion of the IREPS capabilities is presented by Hitney et al. (1981), while a discussion of the IREPS propagation models is presented by Hattan (1982).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145321

Entities

People

  • F. P. Snyder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • C Band
  • California
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Diagrams
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Grazing Angles
  • Ground Based
  • Materials
  • Refractive Index
  • Sea Clutter
  • Target Detection

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Radar Systems Engineering.