On the probability distribution of monopulse measurements in the presence of sea-surface induced multipath

Author

Flair, W.D. ; Brandt-Pearce, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Res. & Technol., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

9-11 Mar 1997

Firstpage

445

Lastpage

449

Abstract

In tracking of low elevation targets with a monopulse radar, the presence of reflections from the sea surface can cause severe errors in the direction of arrival (DOA) measurements of the target. Since the target echoes that are received directly and via the sea surface are unresolved in time and frequency, tracking targets in the presence of sea surface induced multipath is a special case of tracking unresolved targets. The sea surface reflection consists of a specular (coherent) component and a diffuse (noncoherent) component. The probability density function of the measured amplitude of the sum signal and the amplitude conditioned means and variances of the in-phase and quadrature monopulse ratios are given for low elevation targets in the presence of sea surface induced multipath

Keywords

direction-of-arrival estimation; multipath channels; probability; radar tracking; reflection; target tracking; amplitude conditioned means; diffuse component; direction of arrival measurements; low elevation target tracking; low elevation targets; monopulse measurements; monopulse radar; probability distribution; quadrature monopulse ratios; sea surface induced multipath; sea surface reflections; specular component; sum signal; target echoes; target tracking; unresolved targets; Density measurement; Frequency; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Reflection; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory, 1997., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Southeastern Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cookeville, TN

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7873-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.1997.581702

Filename

581702