Discriminating Sea Spikes in Incoherent Radar Measurements of Sea Clutter

Abstract

In this report, the results of an inventory of sea spike characteristics is given. Furthermore, the possibility to detect sea spikes with standard ship navigation radars is explored. In literature it was found that the most distinct properties of sea spikes are the sudden increase in polarization ratio MH/VV and Doppler velocity. These properties cannot be measured with current navigation radars, but future navigation radars will be coherent. It is therefore worthwhile to investigate the added value of using coherent sea clutter data in the sea spike detection and classification process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA481206

Entities

People

  • J. J. De Wit
  • M. W. Schouten

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Clutter
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Geometry
  • Grazing Angles
  • High Resolution
  • Navigation
  • Radar
  • Sea Clutter
  • Signal Processing
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design