Advancement of High Resolution Radar Polarimetry in Target Verses Clutter Detection, Discrimination, Classification: A. Basic Theory and Modeling of Polarimetric Clutter Phenomenology.
Abstract
The overall objective of our polarimetric research is to conduct a unified and cohesive investigation to answer the question: How can polarization properties of targets/background speckle be utilized either by themselves or in concert with other electromagnetic probing methods such as doppler, multispectral, pulse compression, etc., to best provide a basis for radar target classification, imaging, and identification? Scattering objects of interest include airborne/ground/marine targets of a large variety of sizes, shapes, and material decomposition and embedded in varied stationary/moving/fluctuating background scatter, which, we are confident, can most effectively be characterized via polarimetric radar/scatterometer methods including both coherent and partially coherent wave treatments. It is specific objective of this task to approach and to investigate the polarimetric radar clutter problem using a unique approach of a strongly interdigitalizing analytical, modeling, computer-numerical/graphical, and measurement interpretive nature. A basic theory for a model-independent clutter description which can be applied to any specific type of clutter without a priori knowledge of the clutter model, i.e., a model-independent clutter description, in theory, is introduced.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 15, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA201240
Entities
People
- A. B. Kostinski
- A. P. Agrawal
- B. Y. Foo
- H. J. Eom
- W. M. Boerner
Organizations
- University of Illinois at Chicago