Measurement of the performance of moving target indication radars

Author

Bruder, Joseph

Author_Institution

Georgia Tech. Res. Inst., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

7-10 May 1990

Firstpage

170

Lastpage

175

Abstract

A quadrahedral reflector that provides ideal moving target Doppler shifted radar returns so that field measurements can determine the actual clutter rejection of the radar has been developed. The development of the measurement technique, results of measurements performed on the US Customs aerostat radar located at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, and results of measurement on the US Customs aerostat radar located at Marfa, Texas, are described. A typical method for measuring the moving target indication (MTI) improvement factor is to inject synthetic target signals with offset Doppler into the front end of the radar, but this method does not account for transmitter instabilities and scanning losses which could significantly affect the MTI performance

Keywords

Doppler effect; antenna reflectors; interference suppression; radar clutter; radar cross-sections; radar systems; Arizona; Doppler shifted radar returns; Ft. Huachuca; Marfa; Texas; US Customs; aerostat radar; clutter rejection; field measurements; improvement factor; moving target indication radars; offset Doppler; performance measurement; quadrahedral reflector; radar front end; synthetic target signals; Doppler radar; Manufacturing; Measurement techniques; Performance evaluation; Radar clutter; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Testing; Weibull distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1990., Record of the IEEE 1990 International

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.1990.201157

Filename

201157