Physical and Statistical Properties of the Complex Monopulse Ratio

Author

Monakov, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio Eng., St. Petersburg State Univ. of Aerosp. Instrum., St. Petersburg, Russia

Volume

49

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

960

Lastpage

968

Abstract

Angular glint gives rise to random pointing errors, which can deteriorate the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation accuracy. In monopulse radars the glint manifests itself through a complex valued process known as the complex monopulse ratio (CMR). Physical and statistical properties of the glint are considered. It is proposed to use the Poynting vector formalism for the CMR physical interpretation. The complex probability density function (pdf) and correlation function of CMR are derived.

Keywords

correlation methods; direction-of-arrival estimation; probability; radar signal processing; statistical analysis; CMR correlation function; CMR physical interpretation; DOA estimation accuracy; Poynting vector formalism; complex monopulse ratio; complex pdf; complex probability density function; complex valued process; direction-of-arrival estimation accuracy; glint manifests; monopulse radars; physical properties; random pointing errors; statistical properties;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAES.2013.6494392

Filename

6494392