Doppler polarimetric ground clutter identification and suppression for atmospheric radars based on co-polar correlation

Author

Moisseev, Dmitri ; Unal, Christine ; Russchenberg, Herman ; Ligthart, Leo

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Technol. & Syst., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

94

Abstract

In this paper, a new clutter suppression technique is introduced. This clutter suppression method uses both Doppler and polarimetric information. Polarimetric properties of the target and clutter are calculated per Doppler frequency cell and, based on this information, clutter suppression is performed. This new clutter suppression technique is demonstrated with radar measurements of precipitation made by Delft Atmospheric Research Radar (DARR)

Keywords

Doppler radar; electromagnetic wave polarisation; interference suppression; meteorological radar; radar clutter; radar polarimetry; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Delft Atmospheric Research Radar; Doppler frequency cell; Doppler polarimetric ground clutter identification; Doppler polarimetric ground clutter suppression; atmospheric radars; co-polar correlation; polarimetric properties; radar precipitation measurements; Covariance matrix; Doppler radar; Information technology; Polarization; Pollution measurement; Radar clutter; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Reflection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications. 2000. MIKON-2000. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wroclaw

Print_ISBN

83-906662-3-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2000.913883

Filename

913883