• DocumentCode
    835073
  • Title

    Full-polarization matched-illumination for target detection and identification

  • Author

    Garren, David A. ; Odom, Anne C. ; Osborn, Michael K. ; Goldstein, J.Scott ; Pillai, S. Unnikrishna ; Guerci, Joseph R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. Applications Int. Corp., USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    824
  • Lastpage
    837
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates the optimization of the full-polarization radar transmission waveform and the receiver response to maximize either target detection or identification performance. Application of such full-polarization matched-illumination techniques to simulated VHF-band frequency response data of mobile surface targets yields a significant performance improvement over that corresponding to chirped full-polarization transmission waveforms.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave polarisation; radar detection; radar receivers; radar tracking; target tracking; VHF-band frequency response data; full-polarization matched-illumination; mobile surface targets; radar transmission waveform; receiver response; target detection; target identification; Chirp; Clutter; Colored noise; Frequency response; Object detection; Polarization; Radar applications; Signal to noise ratio; Surface waves; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2002.1039402
  • Filename
    1039402