Title :
Pulsed radar return from a chaff cloud
Author :
Winchester, T.A.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Res. Lab., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Salisbury, SA, Australia
fDate :
8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A numerical technique for examining a random sample of the pulsed radar return from a chaff cloud is developed. This technique is used to assess the radar cross-section (RCS) range profile of the received return from a typical chaff cloud for pulsed radars with different detectors. Monte-Carlo analyses of the effect of these signals on the range discriminant of a pulsed radar system with a linear detector using AGC, and one with a logarithmic detector, are then carried out. The statistical distribution of the early and late gates is also examined. In some instances the distribution was found to be non-Gaussian, owing to the nonlinear operations performed on the received signals
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; radar cross-sections; statistical analysis; AGC; Monte-Carlo analyses; RCS range profile; chaff cloud; early gates; late gates; linear detector; logarithmic detector; nonGaussian distribution; nonlinear operations; numerical technique; pulsed radar return; pulsed radar system; radar cross-section; range discriminant; received signals; statistical distribution;
Journal_Title :
Radar and Signal Processing, IEE Proceedings F
