An effective polarimetric detection of small-scale man-made radar objects on the sea surface

Author

Ligthart, L. ; Tatarinov, V. ; Tatarinov, S. ; Pusone, E.

Author_Institution

IRCTR, Delft Univ., Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

677

Abstract

The effectiveness of object detection by polarimetric radar is demonstrated. The experiments were focused on small-scale and man-made radar objects floating on the sea surface. The method of the polarization detection is described based on measurements of polarization invariant parameters of the radar object. The Neyman-Pearson criterion is used for the theoretical evaluation of small-scale polarimetric target detection. The results of experimental data processing confirm the high effectiveness of using radar objects polarization invariants for this detection problem.

Keywords

radar detection; radar polarimetry; Neyman-Pearson criterion; data processing; ellipticity coefficient; polarimetric radar detection; polarization invariant parameters measurement; radar objects polarization invariants; sea surface; small-scale man-made radar objects; small-scale metal pipes; small-scale polarimetric target detection; Data processing; Object detection; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2002. MIKON-2002. 14th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

83-906662-5-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2002.1017935

Filename

1017935