L-Band Radar Clutter Statistics for Terrain and Ice. Volume I. Technical Discussion and Results

• Main Authors: Maffett, Andrew, Klimach, Herb, Liskow, Abby, Rawson, R, Heimiller, R C
• Other Authors: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INST OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR RADAR DIV
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Computer Programming and Software; Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment; *ICE; *L BAND; *RADAR CLUTTER; *TERRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LABRADOR SEA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOUNTAINS; PACK ICE; RADAR IMAGES; RADAR SIGNALS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TARGET DISCRIMINATION; TUNDRA; URBAN AREAS; TORONTO(CANADA); Arlington; Canada; Labrador Sea; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADB028457; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADB028457

This final report addresses radar clutter statistics for terrain and ice and the generation of clutter data tapes by means of a radar signal simulation. These data cover pack ice (and refrozen lead), bare mountains, tundra and black ice. For comparison purposes, data are also included for a city (Toronto) and three homogeneous fields. These clutter data are described by statistical quantities. The clutter data for the pack ice, bare mountain, and field provide SIGMA sub o values which are in reasonable agreement with the small amount of L-band clutter data presently existing in the literature. A description is also given of a radar signal simulation which was used to provide magnetic tape data for use in testing radar signal processor techniques. This simulation is capable of accepting as input the clutter data and statistics generated on this program. (Author) Prepared in cooperation with Decision Science Applications, Inc., Arlington, VA. See also Volume 2, ADB028458.