Title :
Analysis of radar micro-Doppler with time-frequency transform
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Micro-Doppler induced by mechanical vibration or rotation of structures in a radar target is potentially useful for target detection, classification and recognition. While the Doppler frequency induced by the target body is constant, the micro-Doppler due to vibrating or rotating structures of the target is a function of dwell time. Analysis of the time-varying Doppler signature in the joint time-frequency domain can provide useful information for target detection, classification and recognition
Keywords :
Doppler radar; radar detection; radar target recognition; signal classification; time-frequency analysis; transforms; dwell time; mechanical vibration; radar micro-Doppler analysis; radar target; structure rotation; target classification; target detection; target recognition; time-frequency transform; time-varying Doppler signature; Azimuth; Doppler radar; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency modulation; Information analysis; Laboratories; Object detection; Target recognition; Time frequency analysis; Vibration measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Statistical Signal and Array Processing, 2000. Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Pocono Manor, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5988-7
DOI :
10.1109/SSAP.2000.870167