• DocumentCode
    1409682
  • Title

    A Model for the Radar Echo from a Random Collection of Rotating Dipole Scatterers

  • Author

    Wong, J.L. ; Reed, Irving S. ; Kaprielian, Zohrab A.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1967
  • fDate
    3/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    178
  • Abstract
    A theoretical model for the radar echo from a random collection of dipole scatterers is presented. The analysis of the model takes into account the effects of scatterer rotation which have been neglected in previous related work. It is shown that rotational motion of the scaterers can have significant effects upon the echo waveform. The fluctuating characteristics of clutter echoes are also investigated. The theory and some experimental results in the literature are shown to be in relatively good agreement.
  • Keywords
    Clouds; Clutter; Electron mobility; Fluctuations; Radar countermeasures; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Radio frequency; Random processes; Signal processing; Clutter; dipole; echo; model; radar; random; rotation; scatterer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1967.5408739
  • Filename
    5408739