Doppler Polarimetric Surveillance Radar for the Maritime Surface Picture
conference paper
Doppler polarimetry in a surveillance radar for the maritime surface picture is considered. This radar
must be able to detect low-RCS targets in littoral environments. An overview is given of subjects that are relevant for
the system's design, Discussed are: physical phenomena that can be exploited by a coherent polarimetric radar, the
effecs of seawave masking, strategies to estimate the cornplex scattering matrix per range Doppler bin, scattering
matrix decomposition for target classification and the procedure to assess the radar's performance, Results obtained
with a coherent polarimetric erperimental radar will be discussed in ensuing communications,
must be able to detect low-RCS targets in littoral environments. An overview is given of subjects that are relevant for
the system's design, Discussed are: physical phenomena that can be exploited by a coherent polarimetric radar, the
effecs of seawave masking, strategies to estimate the cornplex scattering matrix per range Doppler bin, scattering
matrix decomposition for target classification and the procedure to assess the radar's performance, Results obtained
with a coherent polarimetric erperimental radar will be discussed in ensuing communications,
TNO Identifier
95385
Publisher
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Ortung und Navigation e.V.
Source title
Proceedings German Radar Symposium GRS 2000, 11-12 October 2000, Berlin, Germany
Place of publication
Bonn
Pages
33-37
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