ARES: radar data generator for systems design and development

Author

Greig, D.W. ; Yarker, S.F. ; McComb, C.

Author_Institution

BAE Syst., Edinburgh, UK

fYear

2002

fDate

15-17 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

552

Lastpage

556

Abstract

The Airborne Radar Environment Simulator (ARES) is a radar data generator tool capable of simulating returns from airborne and surface targets, ECM and also includes surface and volume clutter and atmospheric effects. The data output is time series signals at baseband IQ level. This data can be used for various purposes in support of the design and development life cycle of a radar system: theoretical studies of radar phenomena, design of signal processing algorithms and in providing test vectors for software development, The GEDAE software development tool allows the import of the data generated by ARES to provide test vectors representative of real radar data for use in signal processor software design and implementation.

Keywords

Doppler radar; airborne radar; military radar; radar computing; radar signal processing; ARES; Airborne Radar Environment Simulator; ECM; GEDAE; airborne targets; atmospheric effects; data output; life cycle; radar data generator tool; radar system; signal processing algorithms; signal processor software design; software development; surface clutter; surface targets; test vectors; time series signals; volume clutter; Airborne radar; Algorithm design and analysis; Atmospheric modeling; Life testing; Programming; Radar signal processing; Radar theory; Signal design; Software testing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

RADAR 2002

Conference_Location

Edinburgh, UK

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-750-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2002.1174780

Filename

1174780