Advanced Technology Implementation for Surveillance Radars

Abstract

This report presents an analysis of the clutter characteristics as observed from a radar platform either the monostatic or the bistatic configuration, airborne or stationary. The study shows the effects of the system parameters, particularly the system geometry, on the observed clutter characteristics. A preliminary study of adaptive space-time processing for multistatic active radar is also included in the report. There are two major factors that need to be investigated further development of space-time processing for the multistatic system; (1) the correlation of the observed interference among the receivers; and (2) the effects of system geometry on the observed reverberation characteristics. The analysis shows that problem interferences are uncorrelated. However, this may not be the case when multipath occurs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA355652

Entities

People

  • Adel Slamani
  • Braham Himed
  • Tzeta Tsao

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Bistatic Radar
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Depression Angles
  • Detection
  • Doppler Effect
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Ground Clutter
  • Monostatic Radar
  • Multistatic Radar
  • Probability
  • Pulse Compression
  • Radar
  • Reverberation
  • Scattering
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects