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Title
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Studies on carrier-free (or ultra-wideband) radar performance under clutter and stealth-target environments.
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Creator
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Mendivil, Edwin David., Florida Atlantic University, De Groff, Dolores F., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis is concerned with the use of ultra-wideband radar detection specific to the following target and background considerations. (1) Statistical attributes of the RCS models of stealth-targets illuminated by ultra-wideband radars. (2) Analysis of radar echo signatures of low flying stealth-targets with a background of sea-clutter and illuminated by an ultra-wideband radar. (3) Analysis of impulse echoes from simple (planar) surface(s) coated with a radar absorbing material (RAM). The...
Show moreThis thesis is concerned with the use of ultra-wideband radar detection specific to the following target and background considerations. (1) Statistical attributes of the RCS models of stealth-targets illuminated by ultra-wideband radars. (2) Analysis of radar echo signatures of low flying stealth-targets with a background of sea-clutter and illuminated by an ultra-wideband radar. (3) Analysis of impulse echoes from simple (planar) surface(s) coated with a radar absorbing material (RAM). The first problem refers to the elucidation of Swerling-Marcum type classifications of RCS fluctuation(s) to characterize the stochastical aspects of the echoes from stealth-targets illuminated by an impulse from an ultra-wideband radar. In the second analysis, performance of a radar receiver configuration, using the log-likelihood function of the signal received from a stealth target flying at low altitude over the sea-surface is predicted. The third effort addressed provides analytical representations in time-domain of echoes from planar surface(s) coated with RAM's for normal incidence of ultra-wideband short pulse illumination.
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Date Issued
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1996
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15278
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Subject Headings
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Radar, Signal processing, Radar cross sections, Stealth aircraft
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Format
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Document (PDF)
