Synthetic range profile measurements of aircraft

Author

Inggs, M.R. ; Hurwitz, J. ; Langman, A. ; Smit, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., South Africa

fYear

1993

fDate

34187

Firstpage

204

Lastpage

209

Abstract

This work reports practical results obtained from synthetic range profile (SRP) processing of commercial aircraft, using a pulse compression radar. The radar transmits pulses over a wide range of carrier frequencies, and by processing the returns, high resolution down-range profiles of airborne targets may be produced. Profiles obtained from large aircraft such as the Airbus are compared to those obtained from smaller, single engined aircraft. Helicopters have also been measured, and as expected, produced complex profiles due to the high Doppler frequency components of their rotor blades. The authors also discuss the data capture system

Keywords

aircraft; pulse compression; radar applications; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; Airbus; Doppler frequency; airborne targets; aircraft; carrier frequencies; components; data capture system; helicopters; high resolution down-range profiles; pulse compression radar; radar returns; rotor blades; synthetic range profile measurements; synthetic range profile processing; Airborne radar; Aircraft propulsion; Bandwidth; Doppler radar; Frequency; Helicopters; Image resolution; Pulse compression methods; Radar imaging; Space vector pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Signal Processing, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE South African Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jan Smuts Airport

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1292-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMSIG.1993.365844

Filename

365844