The Detection and Correlation Modeling of Rayleigh Distributed Radar Signals

Abstract

This thesis provides a method for determining the detection of partially correlated Rayleigh distributed radar returns by a pulsed search radar. The receiver consists of a quadrature demodulator receiver, followed by a square law envelope detector and a linear post-detection integrator. In addition, a technique for determining the pulse-to-pulse correlation of a complex target is given using inverse Fourier transforms of the target scattering centers. An AIM-9 missile is used to illustrate how the partially correlated detection techniques and the pulse-to-pulse correlation predictions can be used to determine the probability of detection. The Detection and Correlation Modeling of Rayleigh Distributed Radar Signals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256612

Entities

People

  • Alan L. Buterbaugh

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Aspect Angle
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Geometry
  • Integrators
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Radar Pulses
  • Radar Receivers
  • Radar Signals
  • Random Variables
  • Scattering
  • Search Radar
  • Statistics
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.