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 ground clutter behaves can lead to modified clutter suppression techniques for improving radar target detection performance. Presented here is a model of land clutter which was validated against a number of different land types observed at different frequencies. The characteristics of the clutter which limit target detection are discussed.
- Publication:
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In AGARD
- Pub Date:
- September 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991tcse.agarQ....S
- Keywords:
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- Clutter;
- Coherent Radar;
- Doppler Radar;
- Ground Effect (Communications);
- Radar Targets;
- Target Acquisition;
- Backscattering;
- Mathematical Models;
- Communications and Radar