DocumentCode
3111359
Title
Impact of radomes on airborne pulse-Doppler radar performance
Author
Band, C.A. ; Finlay, C.D. ; Kinghorn, A.M. ; Lyon, R.W. ; Smith, M.J.
Author_Institution
BAE Syst., Scotland, UK
fYear
2002
fDate
15-17 Oct. 2002
Firstpage
291
Lastpage
294
Abstract
Installed antenna sidelobe levels are critically important to airborne pulse-Doppler radar systems, principally through their impact on the detection range of medium PRF radar modes. This paper presents a new radome modelling technique which allows rapid calculation of the installed radiation pattern, a problem that was hitherto intractable. This capability enables the efficient assessment of radome designs in terms of radar performance as well as facilitating a more rapid constant false alarm rate (CFAR) optimisation process.
Keywords
Doppler radar; airborne radar; antenna radiation patterns; radar antennas; radar detection; radomes; CFAR optimisation; airborne pulse-Doppler radar performance; antenna sidelobe levels; constant false alarm rate; detection range; installed radiation pattern; medium PRF radar modes; radar antennas; radar performance; radar sensor design; radome designs; radome modelling; radomes; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Antenna radiation patterns; Clutter; Doppler radar; Meteorological radar; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Shape; Spaceborne radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
RADAR 2002
Conference_Location
Edinburgh, UK
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-750-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RADAR.2002.1174699
Filename
1174699
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