Title :
Implementation of Adaptive Pulse Compression in Solid-State Radars: Practical Considerations
Author :
Shang Wang ; Zhengzheng Li ; Yan Zhang ; Boonleng Cheong ; Lihua Li
Author_Institution :
Adv. Radar Res. Center, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Abstract :
This letter summarizes the applications of adaptive pulse compression (APC) in example solid-state radars for different missions. The radar examples include an X-band PX-1000 ground radar for severe weather observation, a Ku-band airborne radar for near-surface precipitation measurement, and an X-band radar experiment for air traffic observation. Representative APC algorithms are compared in terms of target estimation performance. In order to achieve the benefits of APC in actual radars, some important tradeoffs and considerations such as waveform template, sampling scheme, and noise estimation are discussed.
Keywords :
air traffic; airborne radar; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; pulse compression; radar signal processing; signal denoising; signal sampling; Ku-band airborne radar; X-band PX-1000 ground radar; adaptive pulse compression; air traffic observation; near-surface precipitation measurement; noise estimation; representative APC algorithms; sampling scheme; solid-state radars; waveform template; weather observation; Airborne radar; Azimuth; Estimation; Meteorology; Noise; Signal resolution; Adaptive pulse compression (APC); multimission radar; solid-state radar;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LGRS.2015.2454481
