Radar Target Classification by Natural Resonances: System Analysis

Abstract

This thesis examines the system implementation considerations of a resonance based radar target classification system. The basis of the system is the aspect and excitation independent property of electromagnetic scattering from a conducting body. Such a system consists of two components: pole extraction and annihilation filtering. The algorithms investigated here for these purposes are the Cadzow-Solomon pole extraction algorithm and the K-Pulse annihilation filter. Additionally, an aspect-dependent annihilation filter based on an inverse ARMA model is introduced. The procedures are applied to noise polluted synthetic data, as well as scattering data collected for a thin-wire and silver coated 1/72 scale model aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA241170

Entities

People

  • Peter C. Reddy

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bandwidth
  • Electromagnetic Interference
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Equations
  • Identification Systems
  • Integral Equations
  • Radar
  • Radar Targets
  • Scale Models
  • Scattering
  • Signal Generators
  • Target Classification

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering