Synthetic Aperture Radar-Moving Target Indication (SAR-MTI) Processing of Multi-Channel Airborne Radar Measurement (MCARM) Data

Abstract

This report examines coherent signal processing methods for combining the data that are collected via a multichannel airborne radar system for moving target detection and image formation. We study methods that convert multi-channel radar data into dual along-track monopulse Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) signals of the radiated scene. A two dimensional (2D) adaptive filtering method, that projects the data in one synthesized SAR channel into the signal subspace of the other, is used for blind calibration of the monopulse SAR signals and generation of the Moving Target Indication (MTI) statistic. The merits of these algorithms are studied using the data from the Multi-Channel Airborne Radar Measurement (MCARM) system that has been developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Rome, New York.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA443155

Entities

People

  • Braham Himed
  • Mehrdad Soumekh

Organizations

  • University at Buffalo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Airborne
  • Algorithms
  • Calibration
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Moving Targets
  • New York
  • Radar
  • Radar Signals
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.