Title :
Experimental validation of the compound Gaussian sea clutter model at sub-meter range resolution
Author :
Carretero-Moya, Javier ; Gismero-Menoyo, Javier ; Asensio-López, Alberto ; Blanco-Del-Campo, Álvaro
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Senales, Sist. y Radiocomun., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
Compound models are widely used to describe high resolution radar sea backscatter. In this paper, experimental high resolution sea clutter data is used to assess the validity of the compound Gaussian model for range resolution of centimeters. Results show that the central limit theorem is still applicable to local sea backscatter at very high range resolutions.
Keywords :
Gaussian noise; backscatter; marine radar; radar clutter; compound Gaussian sea clutter model; high resolution maritime radars; high resolution radar sea backscatter; submeter range resolution; Backscatter; Chirp modulation; Gravity; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Spatial resolution; Speckle; Statistics; compound model; high resolution radar; non-Gaussian clutter; radar; sea clutter;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-55-7
