Stepped Frequency Imaging Radar Simulation

Abstract

In this thesis, a technique involving Stepped Frequency and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) processing have been employed to develop two-dimensional radar images of an aircraft target. Radar returns from prominent scatterers of various parts of the target will be processed and displayed. The processing is a combination of two high-resolution processes: development of a high-range resolution (HRR) profile in slant range using the stepped frequency waveform, and the development of a high-resolution profile in cross-range using the ISAR technique. With these two techniques complementing each other, images of targets' dominant scatterers can be extracted , processed and displayed. With intelligence databases built over time, precise recognition of target type can be identified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA379137

Entities

People

  • Kok L. Mun

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Coherent Radar
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Frequency Synthesizers
  • High Resolution
  • Images
  • Radar
  • Simulations
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.