Bimodal clutter MTI filter for staggered PRF radars

Author

Tuszynski, Michal ; Wojtkiewicz, Andrzej ; Klembowski, Wieslaw

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Fundamentals, Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Poland

fYear

1990

fDate

7-10 May 1990

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

180

Abstract

A low-cost, simple adaptive moving target indication (MTI) system for weather and ground clutter rejection is described. The system will be retrofitted into a number of existing staggered PRF radars in order to improve their detection capabilities. The system consists of an adaptive digital MTI filter with complex coefficients, weather clutter map, and clutter parameter estimation unit. The possibility of increasing weather clutter attenuation by the use of a digital MTI filter with complex coefficients has been verified experimentally in the L-band PSR ATC radar AVIA-C, and preliminary experimental results are presented

Keywords

adaptive filters; digital filters; interference suppression; radar clutter; radar equipment; radar systems; AVIA-C; L-band PSR ATC radar; adaptive digital MTI filter; adaptive moving target indication; bimodal clutter MTI filter; clutter parameter estimation unit; complex coefficients; ground clutter rejection; radar system; staggered PRF radars; weather clutter attenuation; weather clutter map; weather clutter rejection; Adaptive filters; Adaptive systems; Attenuation; Band pass filters; Digital filters; Doppler radar; Frequency response; L-band; Parameter estimation; Radar clutter;

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.1990.201158

Filename

201158