Radar Target Imaging Using Time-Reversed Processing

Abstract

This thesis investigates and demonstrates the workability of the time-reversed process for radar imaging applications, particularly, for bi-static or multi-static radars. One benefit of the time-reversed process is its ability to reduce the calculation to determine the targets' shape. The finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) method is used to demonstrate the time-reversed process. Following an overview and description of the principles of the time-reversed process, the FDTD method is applied to the wave equation and the time reversed-process in 2-D space.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397112

Entities

People

  • Yosuke Inaba

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Algorithms
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Finite Difference Time Domain
  • Geometry
  • Inverse Scattering
  • Multistatic Radar
  • Radar
  • Radar Imaging
  • Radar Targets
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Time Domain
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Equations

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Space Objects