DocumentCode
3388712
Title
The modelling and exploitation of spatial correlation in spiky sea clutter
Author
Tough, R.J.A. ; Ward, K.D. ; Shepherd, P.W.
Author_Institution
TW Res. Ltd., Malvern
fYear
2005
fDate
6-7 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
5
Lastpage
8
Abstract
A physically based sea clutter model is used to calculate the statistics of sea clutter. The mean radar cross section (RCS) is found to match experimental results and the second moment is found to be consistent with the resolution dependence of the clutter shape parameter. The correlation structure predicted by the model is found, on average, to be consistent with real data, but the latter also shows significant transient coherence. This property may be exploited for sea spike suppression and target detection improvement
Keywords
radar clutter; radar cross-sections; statistics; RCS; clutter shape parameter; radar cross section; sea spike suppression; spatial correlation; spiky sea clutter; target detection improvement; Clutter; Electromagnetic modeling; Large-scale systems; Object detection; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Sea surface; Shape; Surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radar Conference, 2005. EURAD 2005. European
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
2-9600551-3-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EURAD.2005.1605550
Filename
1605550
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