An indirect estimate of RCS of conducting target in random medium

Author

El-Ocla, Hosam ; Tateiba, Mitsuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

2003

fDate

6/25/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

176

Abstract

This paper discusses an indirect estimate of the radar cross section (RCS) of a conducting cylinder with a partially convex cross-section under the condition that backscattering enhancement occurs in a random medium. Once we evaluate the spatial coherence length (SCL) of the incident waves around the cylinder in the random medium, we may estimate the RCS approximately from the RCS in free space with beam wave incidence in which the spot size equals the SCL. This method is restricted only to the case where the SCL is larger than the target size.

Keywords

backscatter; conducting bodies; electromagnetic wave scattering; parameter estimation; radar cross-sections; radar detection; radar theory; random media; RCS estimation; backscattering enhancement; conducting target; indirect estimate; partially convex cross-section; radar cross section; radar detection; random medium; spatial coherence length; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Engine cylinders; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Random media; Remote sensing; Spatial coherence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2003.817613

Filename

1237636