Title :
Model for Spectral and Polarization Characteristics of Chaff
Author_Institution :
Hughes Aircraft Co., Culver City, CA 90230
Abstract :
A stochastic model which describes the spectral and polarization characteristics of radar echoes from a chaff cloud consisting of a collection of rotating dipoles, which may have either completely random or preferred orientations, is presented.
Keywords :
Clutter; Density functional theory; Electrons; Polarization; Power system modeling; Radar countermeasures; Radar scattering; Random variables; Sensor systems; Signal detection;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1979.308862
