Title :
High resolution RCS measurements of boats
Author :
Moon, T.T. ; Bawden, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Res. Lab., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Salisbury, SA, Australia
fDate :
6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The radar cross-sections (RCS) at I-band for two boats were measured as a function of range and aspect angle by illuminating the boats with 9.3 GHz horizontally polarised microwaves using a purpose built coherent pulsed radar. The total RCS of a mean profile was determined for each aspect angle at which RCS profiles were obtained. The mean of these total RCS values, over all aspect angles, was 33 dBm 2 for the water/fuel lighter HMAS Warrigal, and 37 dBm2 for the torpedo recovery boat HMAS Tuna
Keywords :
radar applications; radar cross-sections; ships; 9.3 GHz; HMAS Tuna; HMAS Warrigal; I-band; RCS measurements; RCS profiles; SHF; aspect angle; boats; coherent pulsed radar; high resolution measurements; horizontally polarised microwaves; mean profile; radar cross-sections; range;
Journal_Title :
Radar and Signal Processing, IEE Proceedings F
