A new method to separate ground clutter and atmospheric reflections in the case of similar Doppler velocities

Author

Moisseev, Dmitri ; Unal, Christine ; Russchenberg, Herman ; Ligthart, Leo

Author_Institution

Int. Res. Centre for Telecommunications-Transmission & Radar, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

40

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

239

Lastpage

246

Abstract

This paper introduces a new ground clutter suppression technique which preserves weather echoes. This clutter suppression method uses both statistical and polarimetric properties of the target and clutter. This technique is intended for use in atmospheric studies for weather echoes the spectral properties of which do not differ much from those of ground clutter. This technique can be applied both to the total signal or to its separate Doppler frequency components

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; geophysical signal processing; meteorological radar; radar clutter; radar polarimetry; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; atmosphere; atmospheric reflections; ground clutter; measurement technique; meteorological radar; polarimetric properties; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; similar Doppler velocities; statistical properties; suppression; weather echo; weather radar; Atmospheric waves; Computer aided software engineering; Doppler radar; Frequency; Helium; Polarization; Radar clutter; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Reflection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.992778

Filename

992778