Abstract :
It has been proved in a former paper (see Ke, Y.A., Proc. Int. Conf. of Radar, 2000) that three average radar cross sections (RCSs) have a simple relationship, Smav:Spav:Svav = 3:2:1, where Smav is RCS for polarization matched radar, Spav is RCS for common antenna radar and Svav is RCS for cross polarization radar. The relations are valid for an arbitrary target, at arbitrary aspect-angle and at arbitrary polarization base. So, we may call it the "3-2-1" theorem in radar theory. Here, the average is the probability mean and it is assumed that the radar transmitting polarization runs on the Poincare polarization sphere with uniformly distributed probability density function. Some further notes on the "3-2-1" theorem are presented, including a more general proof, showing its validity for random radar scattering matrices
Keywords :
S-matrix theory; electromagnetic wave polarisation; probability; radar cross-sections; radar theory; Poincare polarization sphere; arbitrary target; common antenna radar; cross polarization radar; polarization matched radar; probability density function; probability mean; radar cross sections; radar theory; random scattering matrices; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Matrix decomposition; Paper technology; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Radar theory; Springs; Vectors;