{"title":"Point Spread Function Characterization of a Radially Displaced Scatterer Using Circular Synthetic Aperture Radar","authors":"U. Majumder, M. Temple, M. Minardi, E. Zelnio","doi":"10.1109/radar.2007.374309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/radar.2007.374309","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents results for characterizing the point spread function (PSF) behavior of radially displaced point scatterers for circular synthetic aperture radar (CSAR). For SAR data collection systems utilizing a circular aperture for target recognition, it is important to know how a target's PSF behaves as a function of various radar functional parameters and different target positions. Using the backprojection image formation algorithm, we generate point target PSF responses using various point target locations. Consistent with previous studies, the three dimensional PSF for a point target located at the image center is cone shaped and serves as the basis for comparing and characterizing the PSFs for radially displaced scatterers. Simulated results show impulse response of a radially displaced point scatterer is asymmetric and tends to become an elliptic shaped.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122894831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distributed Weather Radar Using X-Band Active Arrays","authors":"D. McLaughlin, E. Knapp, Y. Wang, V. Chandrasekar","doi":"10.1109/MAES.2009.5208556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAES.2009.5208556","url":null,"abstract":"Dense networks of short-range radars capable of mapping storms and detecting atmospheric and airborne hazards are described. Comprised of physically small, low-power antennas, these networks defeat the earth curvature blockage that limits today's long-range radar networks and enable high resolution views that extend from the lower-troposphere up to the tops of storms. The networks are comprised of 1-meter antennas that transmit 10's of W peak power and are capable of high-speed electronic beam-steering. A system architecture is described that maximizes the value accrued to users of radar data through utility functions that specify dynamic, optimal allocation of resources in response to the needs of multiple end-users and associated information retrieval algorithms.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127471392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wind Farm Clutter Mitigation in Air Surveillance Radar","authors":"J. Perry, A. Biss","doi":"10.1109/MAES.2007.4285990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAES.2007.4285990","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the authors will discuss recommended techniques for wind farm mitigation, which are based on a UK Royal Air Force sponsored demonstration on a Watchman radar, conducted at Clatter, South Wales. Specifically, false alarm and false track reductions will be quantified.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126402551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical Engineering's Role in Multi-Disciplinary Radar Design","authors":"W. C. Dawson, A. Rohwer","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374205","url":null,"abstract":"Successful execution of a program and full satisfaction of the Customer's requirements is a challenge for any contractor. Raytheon Company responds to this challenge by following a proven program execution methodology. The methodology includes all program aspects from financial planning to engineering to validation and test. This paper discusses the engineering team and the role of the mechanical engineer. A radar system is ultimately an assembly of advanced electronics and software. However, the design, fabrication, assembly, integration and test of this complex system require a coherent multi-disciplinary approach. Raytheon, like many contractors, chooses to assemble an integrated product team (IPT) including all engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineering is integral to satisfying performance requirements, performing preliminary and detailed design, transition of the design to manufacturing, and implementation of the hardware in the field. During definition, mechanical engineering assists fundamental architecture development, conceptual design, and requirements development which precludes issues that are sometimes ignored to the detriment of many programs. These design issues include environmental protection, structural stiffness to meet deflection requirements, cooling system capacity to properly remove dissipated heat, manufacturability to control cost, maintainability to enable repair in the field, and transportability. Recognizing and trading off these issues early greatly increases the probability of satisfying Customer objectives. This paper discusses the approach Raytheon is taking to ensure an overall multi-disciplinary solution to our design challenges from the perspective of the mechanical engineer.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115292330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Co-Channel Signal Detector Based on Phase Tracking for Pulse Doppler Radar","authors":"X. Lu, R. Kirlin, J. Wang","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374223","url":null,"abstract":"Doppler processing is routinely applied to isolate targets from noise, clutter and interference in conventional pulse-Doppler radar. If a target is co-located in range and azimuth and has a similar radial velocity (co-channel) as another target (or interference), that target may not be detected. This is because only amplitude or power information is used in the detection stage, which does not provide sufficient information to discriminate co-channel signals from each other. In this paper we propose a detector which can resolve co-located targets (or target with interference) with similar Doppler frequencies. Instead of only using phase information for the coherent integration, our proposed detector tracks the phase modulation differences of the co-located, co-channel, targets. The amplitude information of the targets can also be estimated and forwarded to the tracker. One application of this method is HF radar where a target may have a Doppler frequency similar to a Bragg line - first order sea clutter. The Bragg lines are generally dominant at all ranges and exist in all directions. Conventional processing fails to discriminate when targets radar features are similar to the Bragg lines. Simulations of the proposed method show promising results that targets with Doppler frequencies near Bragg lines can be detected.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115396642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Kirchhoff Integral Approach to Radar Propagation Modelling and its Application to the Estimation of Clutter","authors":"C. Coleman","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374399","url":null,"abstract":"Anomalous propagation, such as that experienced in evaporative ducts, can have a marked effect upon microwave radar clutter. Not only is the clutter strength affected by a change in propagation losses, but the backscatter coefficient is affected through the dependence of grazing angle upon propagation conditions. It is shown that a Kirchhoff integral approach to anomalous propagation can provide an effect means of calculating both propagation loss and grazing angle, hence providing a useful tool for clutter calculations.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127548821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technologies for Next Generation T/R Modules","authors":"M. Rosker","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374346","url":null,"abstract":"Technologies to enable the next generation of transmit/receive modules for sensor and communications systems are being pursued in programs funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA programs contributing to dramatically improved performance and wafer-scale integration for T/R modules will be highlighted. These programs include the Wide Band Gap Semiconductors for RF Applications (WBGS-RF) program, the Scalable Millimeter Wave Architectures for Reconfigurable Transceivers (SMART) program, the Integrated Sensor Is Structure Critical Technology Demonstration (ISIS-CTD), and the Sub-millimeter Wave Imaging Focal-plane Technology (SWIFT) program.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125040457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive MIMO radar system in clutter","authors":"P. F. Sammartino, C. Baker, H. Griffiths","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374227","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we describe an adaptive CFAR algorithm for detection in a MIMO radar system operating in K-distributed clutter. We provide a statistical description of the signal processing and therefore we report the results in false alarm rate and detection. Moreover the incoherent algorithm taken into account is compared with a coherent way of processing the same data in order to provide a deeper understanding.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123222299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System (AREPS)","authors":"W. Patterson","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374337","url":null,"abstract":"Since 1945, the Atmospheric Propagation Branch of Space and Naval Warfare System Center, San Diego and its predecessor organizations have provided a full spectrum research and development program, rapidly responding to critical fleet EM propagation requirements and deploying systems to address these requirements. From an urgent military operational requirement for propagation modeling within a terrain effects dominated environment, we developed the Advanced Propagation Model (APM), a hybrid ray-optic and parabolic equation (PE) model that uses the complimentary strengths of both methods to construct a fast, but yet very accurate composite model. Using its full hybrid mode, APM has proven to be much faster than PE models alone, with overall accuracy at least as good as the pure PE models. With its airborne sub-model, APM can solve problems for very high elevation angles, where PE methods would not normally be used.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122717989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RF Photonics for Radar Front-Ends","authors":"S. Pappert, B. Krantz","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2007.374396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2007.374396","url":null,"abstract":"Recent developments in RF photonic component technologies can have a significant impact on future radar system architectures. In this paper, current performance of low noise figure and high dynamic range RF distribution links and delay lines, low phase noise RF oscillators, and fast tunable RF filters developed using photonic technologies are highlighted. Performance comparisons with electronic RF front-end technologies are provided including size, weight and power considerations. Finally, other RF photonic technologies applicable to radar systems and further photonic device improvements required for more pervasive radar system use are discussed.","PeriodicalId":367078,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE Radar Conference","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129866694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}