L-Band Radar Clutter Statistics for Terrain and Ice. Volume I. Technical Discussion and Results

Abstract

This final report addresses radar clutter statistics for terrain and ice and the generation of clutter data tapes by means of a radar signal simulation. These data cover pack ice (and refrozen lead), bare mountains, tundra and black ice. For comparison purposes, data are also included for a city (Toronto) and three homogeneous fields. These clutter data are described by statistical quantities. The clutter data for the pack ice, bare mountain, and field provide SIGMA sub o values which are in reasonable agreement with the small amount of L-band clutter data presently existing in the literature. A description is also given of a radar signal simulation which was used to provide magnetic tape data for use in testing radar signal processor techniques. This simulation is capable of accepting as input the clutter data and statistics generated on this program. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADB028457

Entities

People

  • Abby Liskow
  • Andrew Maffett
  • Herb Klimach
  • R. C. Heimiller
  • R. Rawson

Organizations

  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clutter
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Data Science
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Ground Clutter
  • Information Science
  • L Band
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Radar Clutter
  • Radar Signals
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.