Title :
Polarimetric target discrimination for ultrawideband radar imaging
Author :
Roding, Matthias ; Zetik, Rudolf ; Thoma, Reiner S.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Meas. Res. Lab., Ilmenau Univ. of Technol., Ilmenau, Germany
Abstract :
A method for characterization of short range radar targets is proposed, that uses information hold by the polarimetric covariance matrix of a range cell. With regard to UWB imaging, a reduction of artefacts in image domain is achieved by filtering radar data with the aim to suppress undesired interferers. The performance is shown with real measurement data and compared to conventional techniques.
Keywords :
covariance matrices; image filtering; interference suppression; radar imaging; radar interference; radar polarimetry; ultra wideband radar; UWB imaging; artefact reduction; image domain; polarimetric covariance matrix; polarimetric target discrimination; radar data filtering; range cell; short range radar target characterization; ultrawideband radar imaging; undesired interferer suppression; Backscatter; Covariance matrices; Imaging; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Scattering; Ultra wideband radar; imaging; measurement; polarimetric; ultrawideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
