Title :
Radar Detection of Small Sailing Yachts
Author :
Wawruch, Ryszard ; Stupak, Tadeusz
Author_Institution :
Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 81-85, 81-225 Gdynia, POLAND. email: wawruch@am.gdynia.pl
Abstract :
Paper describes measurements in the real sea conditions of the maximum radar detection and tracking distances of small sailing yachts without radar reflectors and equipped with different types of radar corners by contemporaneous ship and shore based radar equipment. Researches were conducted on order of the Maritime Office in Gdynia.
Keywords :
Boats; Marine vehicles; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Radar equipment; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Sea level; Sea measurements; Target tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Symposium, 2006. IRS 2006. International
Conference_Location :
Krakow, Poland
Print_ISBN :
978-83-7207-621-2
DOI :
10.1109/IRS.2006.4338111
