Millimeter-wave Radar Targets and Clutter

Couverture
Artech House, 2003 - 327 pages
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Radar Characteristics of Targets
1
12 Target RCS
3
122 RCSs of Real Targets
7
13 Radar Reflections from Explosions and Gas Wakes of Operating Engines
18
132 SpatialTemporal Characteristics of Explosion and Fuel Combustion
23
133 Radar Reflections from Explosion and Gas Wake
28
134 Centimeter Wave and MMW Attenuation in Explosions
34
135 Radar Backscattering from Sonic Perturbations Caused by Aerodynamic Object Flight
41
42 Sea Backscattering Models
189
43 Sea Normalized RCS
193
44 Depolarization of Scattered Signals
197
45 Sea Clutter RCS Model
202
46 Sea Clutter Statistics
206
47 Radar Spike Characteristics of Sea Backscattering
209
48 Backscattering Spectra
213
References
222

14 Statistical Characteristics of Targets
55
142 Real Target Statistical Characteristics
58
143 Echo Power Spectra
62
15 Surface Influence on the Statistical Characteristics of Radar Targets
72
152 Multiple Surface Reflection Influence
78
References
84
Land Backscattering
89
22 State of the Theory
95
222 Power Spectrum Model
101
23 Normalized RCS
108
232 Normalized RCS for Rough Surfaces Without Vegetation
109
233 Backscattering from Snow
114
234 Backscattering from Vegetation
118
235 Normalized RCS Models
120
24 Depolarization of Scattered Signals
123
25 Statistical Characteristics of the Scattered Signals
126
26 Power Spectra of Scattered Signals
128
References
133
Estimation of Land Parameters by Multichannel Radar Methods
137
312 Soil Backscattering Modeling
138
313 Efficiency of Multichannel Methods
145
32 Soil Erosion Experimental Determination
150
322 Statistical and Agrophysical Characteristics of Fields
151
323 OnLand Radar Measurement Results
155
324 Aircraft Remote Sensing
157
33 Methods of Multichannel Radar Image Processing
159
332 Methods of Multichannel Radar Image Filtering
163
Experimental Results
166
References
168
Sea Backscattering at Low Grazing Angles
171
412 Shadowing and Peaks in Heavy Sea
184
Microwave and MMW Backscattering by Precipitation and Other Meteorological Formations
227
52 Atmospheric Attenuation
233
53 Backscattering Theory
236
54 Experimental Results Review
239
542 Cloud Backscattering
242
56 Radar Reflections from Clear Sky AngelEcho
250
562 Backscattering from the Turbulent Atmosphere
254
References
256
Sea and Land Radar Clutter Modeling
259
612 Peculiarities of Land Clutter Simulation
262
62 Sea Clutter Modeling
267
622 Algorithm of Sea Clutter Simulation
268
63 Clutter Map Development
276
632 Software Input and Processing Components
277
633 Raster Image Processing Module
278
634 Automatic Highlighting of Contours on the Raster
280
635 Steady Algorithm of Surface Recovery from Contours
282
636 Simulation of the Absolute Reflectivity
283
References
284
Clutter Rejection in MMW Radar
287
712 Multipath Attenuation
288
72 Influence of Rain and Multipath Attenuation on Radar Range
290
73 Influence of Land and Rain Clutter on Radar Detection Range
292
74 Land and Rain Clutter Rejection in Millimeter Band Radar
297
742 Land and Sea Clutter Rejection
298
743 Rain Clutter Rejection
305
References
311
About the Author
313
Index
315
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