DocumentCode
2117960
Title
Adaptive FIR filtering of range sidelobes for air and spaceborne rain mapping
Author
Lohmeier, Stephen P.
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
24-28 June 2002
Firstpage
1801
Abstract
This paper describes an adaptive finite-impulse response (FIR) filtering technique to reduce the range sidelobes due to surface return inherent in a pulse-compression radar used for air or spaceborne rain mapping. Its sidelobe suppression performance exceeds traditional windowing methods without a reduction in range resolution.
Keywords
adaptive signal processing; airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; geophysical signal processing; meteorological radar; radar signal processing; radar theory; rain; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; FIR; adaptive filtering; airborne radar; atmosphere; finite impulse response; measurement technique; meteorological radar; pulse-compression radar; radar remote sensing; rain; range sidelobe; sidelobe suppression performance; signal processing; spaceborne radar; surface return; Adaptive filters; Filtering; Finite impulse response filter; Image sensors; Microwave sensors; Pulse compression methods; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Rain; Spaceborne radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7536-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026259
Filename
1026259
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