Doppler Properties of Airborne Clutter

Abstract

Detection of slowly moving targets by air- and spaceborne MTI radar is heavily degraded by the motion induced Doppler spread of clutter returns. Space-time adaptive processing (STAP) can achieve optimum clutter rejection via implicit platform motion compensation. In this report the fundamentals and properties of STAP applied to air- and spaceborne MTI radar are summarised. The effect of platform motion on the characteristics of airborne clutter is discussed. The performance of the optimum space-time processor is shown. Comparison with spatial or temporal only techniques illustrate the importance of space-time processing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADP014041

Entities

People

  • Richard A Klemm

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Bistatic Radar
  • Broadband
  • Clutter
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Jamming
  • Linear Arrays
  • Military Applications
  • Radar
  • Trajectories
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers