Maritime target and sea clutter measurements with a coherent Doppler polarimetric surveillance radar

Author

Smith, A.J.E. ; Gelsema, S.J. ; Kester, L.J.H.M. ; Melief, H.W. ; Cabic, G. Premel ; Theil, A. ; Woudenber, E.

Author_Institution

TNO Phys. & Electron. Lab., The Hague, Netherlands

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

330

Abstract

Doppler polarimetry in a surveillance radar for the maritime surface picture is considered. This radar must be able to detect low-RCS targets in littoral environments. Measurements on such targets have been conducted with a coherent polarimetric measurement radar in March 2001 and preliminary results from that campaign are presented. The system provides estimates of the scattering matrix per range-Doppler bin. Several physical quantities that can be exploited to discriminate target echoes from sea clutter responses are discussed and an impression is given on their effectiveness.

Keywords

Doppler radar; S-matrix theory; marine radar; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar clutter; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; search radar; Royal Netherlands Navy; coherent Doppler polarimetric surveillance radar; data processing; littoral environments; low-RCS target detection; maritime surface; maritime target measurement; scattering matrix per range-Doppler bin; sea clutter measurement; sea clutter responses; target echoes; Boats; Doppler radar; Polarization; Radar clutter; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar tracking; Sea measurements; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7357-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.2002.999739

Filename

999739