High Grazing Angle Sea-Clutter Literature Review

Abstract

This report reviews the published literature on the characteristics of mono-static radar sea-clutter observed with high grazing angles (typically above about 10 degrees). To date, most of the analysis and modelling of sea-clutter has been undertaken at low grazing angles with the main application being for surface and airborne maritime radars. The report identifies some of the data sets that have been collected and the empirical models that have been developed from them for the normalised radar cross-section. The amplitude statistics and Doppler spectra of high grazing angle clutter are reviewed and the implications for radar design and target detection are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA587307

Entities

People

  • Luke Rosenberg
  • Simon Watts

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Backscattering
  • Bandwidth
  • Bragg Scattering
  • Clutter
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Geometry
  • Literature Surveys
  • Scattering
  • Statistics
  • Target Detection
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Geodesy
  • Theoretical Analysis.