• DocumentCode
    3272061
  • Title

    Wind aspect factor in sea clutter modeling

  • Author

    Spaulding, Bruce ; Horton, David ; Pham, Huong

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Service Corp., Silver Spring, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    9-12 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    89
  • Lastpage
    92
  • Abstract
    The TSC and GTRI sea clutter models are empirical models with a theoretical dependency for wind direction. Observations collected during at-sea testing have forced a reappraisal of the wind aspect factor, as predicted and observed minima in the crosswind direction were not treated by the model. We modified the wind aspect factor to reflect theory and observation, and now have excellent agreement among model, theory, and observation.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave reflection; radar clutter; radar theory; at-sea testing; clutter modeling; reflect theory; sea clutter models; wind aspect factor; wind direction; Clutter; Gravity; Predictive models; Radar scattering; Reflection; Reflectivity; Resonance; Surface waves; Testing; Wind forecasting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference, 2005 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8881-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RADAR.2005.1435799
  • Filename
    1435799