Over The Horizon Sky-Wave Radar: Simulation tool for Coordinate Registration method based on Sea-Land transitions identification

We recently proposed a correlation method for the real time coordinate registration (CR) of the received echo by over the horizon sky wave radar (OTHRsw) based on a priori knowledge of the positions of the sea-land transitions within the radar coverage area. In this paper we present a software simulation tool developed to analyze the performance of the proposed CR method in different OTHR scenarios. The software tool simulates the monostatic OTH radar propagation using simplified ionospheric models and simplified models of surface clutter radar interactions. Simulation results assuming different surface clutter scenarios are presented and discussed.