• DocumentCode
    1690232
  • Title

    Multipath illumination effects in passive radars

  • Author

    Kulpa, Krzysztof ; Malanowski, Mateusz ; Samczynski, Piotr

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron. Syst., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    321
  • Lastpage
    326
  • Abstract
    Passive radars exploit emitters of opportunity for targets illumination. The transmitter is often placed on high towers. The target is illuminated instantaneously by direct wave and the indirect one, reflected from the ground. Both waves interfere and change the passive radar coverage and detection properties. The paper highlights this phenomenon and presents the way, in which described phenomena can be used to improve PCL radar properties.
  • Keywords
    passive radar; target tracking; PCL radar property; direct wave; multipath illumination effect; passive radar; target illumination; Earth; Lighting; Passive radar; Radar antennas; Signal resolution; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Symposium (IRS), 2011 Proceedings International
  • Conference_Location
    Leipzig
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0138-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6042154