DocumentCode
1311678
Title
Modeling and Simulation of Coherent Sea Clutter
Author
Watts, Simon
Author_Institution
Thales UK, UK
Volume
48
Issue
4
fYear
2012
fDate
10/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
3303
Lastpage
3317
Abstract
This paper describes a new technique for modeling and simulating the coherent returns from radar sea clutter, based on the compound K-distribution model for clutter amplitude statistics. Using observations of recorded Doppler spectra, a simple method is proposed for characterizing the temporal variations of the Doppler spectrum observed in a single-range cell. It is shown that simulations based on this model can reproduce the main statistical features observed in real measurements.
Keywords
Doppler radar; radar clutter; statistical distributions; Doppler spectra; Doppler spectrum; clutter amplitude statistics; coherent returns; coherent sea clutter; compound K-distribution model; radar sea clutter; single-range cell; statistical features; temporal variations; Clutter; Data models; Doppler effect; Logic gates; Radar tracking; Sea measurements; Shape analysis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.2012.6324707
Filename
6324707
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