• DocumentCode
    1348903
  • Title

    Normalization and interpretation of radar images

  • Author

    Skinner, J. Paul ; Kent, Brian M. ; Wittmann, Ronald C. ; Mensa, Dean L. ; Andersh, Dennis J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    502
  • Lastpage
    506
  • Abstract
    Calibrated radar images are often quantified as radar cross sections. This interpretation, which is not strictly correct, can lead to misunderstanding of test target scattering properties. To avoid confusion, we recommend that a term such as “scattering brightness” defined in the present paper be adopted as a standard label for image-domain data
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave scattering; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; image-domain data; interpretation; normalization; radar images; scattering brightness; test target scattering properties; Calibration; Frequency; Geometry; Image analysis; Labeling; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Shadow mapping; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/8.664113
  • Filename
    664113