Site-specific simulation of ship safety/surveillance radars operating in harbour environments

Author

Valle, L. ; Cobo, B. ; Páez, I. ; Torres, R.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Cantabria Univ., Santander, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

352

Abstract

This paper presents a method to predict site-specific radar coverage. The method is based on solving the monostatic scattering problem by using the physical optics (PO) or Kirchhoff method, in combination with the use of geographical information systems, to model the specific terrain. The possibility to calculate the radar coverage, the time of arrival of the reflected pulses and the power delay profile allows the effect of clutter and multi-reflections to be analyzed in detail. Radar parameters, such as its location, antenna types, pulse duration and pulse repetition frequency can be optimized. Also, this information is of great interest in the design and improvement of sensitivity time control (STC) and constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) systems

Keywords

digital simulation; geographic information systems; marine radar; physical optics; radar clutter; radar computing; search radar; ships; CFAR systems; Kirchhoff method; clutter effect; constant false-alarm rate systems; geographical information systems; harbour environments; monostatic scattering problem; multi-reflections effect; physical optics; power delay profile; pulse duration; pulse repetition frequency; radar coverage calculation; reflected pulses; sensitivity time control; ship safety/surveillance radars; site-specific simulation; time of arrival; Information systems; Marine safety; Marine vehicles; Optical scattering; Physical optics; Power system modeling; Radar antennas; Radar clutter; Radar scattering; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6728-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2001.944863

Filename

944863