A Model of Coherent Radar Land Backscatter

Abstract

The detection of targets in a land clutter background is a problem for most ground-based and airborne pulse-Doppler radars. Understanding how land clutter behaves can lead to modified clutter suppression techniques for improving radar target detection performance. This paper presents a model of land clutter which has been validated against a number of different land types observed at different frequencies. The characteristics of the clutter which limit target detection are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADP006375

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  • G. C. Sarno

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coherent Radar
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Doppler Radar
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Ground Clutter
  • Measurement
  • Power Spectra
  • Radar
  • Random Variables
  • Scattering
  • Sea Clutter
  • Spectra
  • Statistics
  • Target Detection
  • X Band

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  • Radar Systems Engineering.