DocumentCode
85393
Title
Analysis of bistatic sea clutter ?? Part II: Amplitude statistics
Author
Al-Ashwal, Waddah A. ; Woodbridge, Karl ; Griffiths, Hugh D.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Adelaide Radar Res. Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Volume
50
Issue
2
fYear
2014
fDate
Apr-14
Firstpage
1293
Lastpage
1303
Abstract
The amplitude statistics of simultaneously recorded bistatic and monostatic sea clutter are analyzed and fitted to five different commonly used distributions to model sea clutter. We find that under the measurement conditions the bistatic geometry reduced the effect of specular spikes but not those due to the modulation. It was found that the bistatic geometry could offer significant advantages in detection particularly at horizontal polarization and close to a bistatic angle of 90°.
Keywords
marine radar; radar clutter; radar signal processing; statistical distributions; amplitude statistics; bistatic angle; bistatic geometry; bistatic sea clutter analysis; horizontal polarization; measurement conditions; monostatic sea clutter; specular spikes; Clutter; Educational institutions; Noise; Radar; Sea state; Shape; Thermal noise;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.2014.120434
Filename
6850155
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