Title :
Full-polarization matched-illumination for target detection and identification
Author :
Garren, David A. ; Odom, Anne C. ; Osborn, Michael K. ; Goldstein, J.Scott ; Pillai, S. Unnikrishna ; Guerci, Joseph R.
Author_Institution :
Sci. Applications Int. Corp., USA
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper investigates the optimization of the full-polarization radar transmission waveform and the receiver response to maximize either target detection or identification performance. Application of such full-polarization matched-illumination techniques to simulated VHF-band frequency response data of mobile surface targets yields a significant performance improvement over that corresponding to chirped full-polarization transmission waveforms.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave polarisation; radar detection; radar receivers; radar tracking; target tracking; VHF-band frequency response data; full-polarization matched-illumination; mobile surface targets; radar transmission waveform; receiver response; target detection; target identification; Chirp; Clutter; Colored noise; Frequency response; Object detection; Polarization; Radar applications; Signal to noise ratio; Surface waves; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.2002.1039402
