Title :
Calibration standards and uncertainties in radar cross section measurements
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Standards for radar cross section measurements are being developed cooperatively by NIST and DoD scientists. Three technical areas were defined as the foundation of such an effort: (1) monostatic single-channel calibration, (2) full polarimetric calibration using a scattering matrix formalism, and (3) analysis of radar cross section calibration and measurement uncertainty. The authors reviews the results of assessment of calibration data accuracy using a set of cylinders as artifact standards, examines the theory of polarimetric calibrations, and discusses essential areas of radar cross section uncertainty analysis
Keywords :
S-matrix theory; calibration; measurement standards; measurement uncertainty; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; DoD; NIST; RCS measurement standards; RCS measurement uncertainty; RCS uncertainty analysis; artifact standards; calibration data accuracy; calibration standards; cylinders; full polarimetric calibration; monostatic single-channel calibration; polarimetric calibrations; radar cross section measurement; scattering matrix formalism; Calibration; Electric variables measurement; Frequency; Laboratories; Measurement standards; NIST; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Standards development;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 1999. The Record of the 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4977-6
DOI :
10.1109/NRC.1999.767360
