Title :
Synthetic range profile measurements of aircraft
Author :
Inggs, M.R. ; Hurwitz, J. ; Langman, A. ; Smit, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
This work reports practical results obtained from synthetic range profile (SRP) processing of commercial aircraft, using a pulse compression radar. The radar transmits pulses over a wide range of carrier frequencies, and by processing the returns, high resolution down-range profiles of airborne targets may be produced. Profiles obtained from large aircraft such as the Airbus are compared to those obtained from smaller, single engined aircraft. Helicopters have also been measured, and as expected, produced complex profiles due to the high Doppler frequency components of their rotor blades. The authors also discuss the data capture system
Keywords :
aircraft; pulse compression; radar applications; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; Airbus; Doppler frequency; airborne targets; aircraft; carrier frequencies; components; data capture system; helicopters; high resolution down-range profiles; pulse compression radar; radar returns; rotor blades; synthetic range profile measurements; synthetic range profile processing; Airborne radar; Aircraft propulsion; Bandwidth; Doppler radar; Frequency; Helicopters; Image resolution; Pulse compression methods; Radar imaging; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jan Smuts Airport
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1292-9
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1993.365844
