• DocumentCode
    852911
  • Title

    An Extension to the Theory of the Performance of Airborne Moving-Target Indicators

  • Author

    Urkowitz, Harry

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Div., Philco Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1958
  • Firstpage
    210
  • Lastpage
    214
  • Abstract
    The performance of an airborne moving-target indication (MTI) system, designed to detect moving ground targets, is shown to depend upon the video autocorrelation function of the ground return, both with and without a target. The pulse-to-pulse video autocorrelation function is derived, and from it are obtained formulas for MTI cancellation and moving-target enhancement. Results are given only for a square-law detector.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Autocorrelation; Clutter; Detectors; Fluctuations; Navigation; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar detection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-1639
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TANE3.1958.4201631
  • Filename
    4201631