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Accession Number:
AD0679568
Title:
NRL TERRAIN CLUTTER STUDY: PHASE 2
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Corporate Author:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
Report Date:
1968-10-21
Pagination or Media Count:
47.0
Abstract:
The second and final phase of a terrain clutter study was completed at Naval Research Laboratory utilizing the Four-Frequency Radar System installed in a WV-2 Super Constellation aircraft, BuNo 128324. This system is capable of transmitting and receiving four frequencies P,X,L, and C consecutively with a choice of horizontal, vertical, and alternating polarizations. The returns are gated at a fixed range and analyzed in a digital computer. Absolute clutter measurements have been taken over several sites at angles of incidence from 5 degrees to 60 degrees. The parameter measured was the normalized radar cross section in terms of the median value of its probability distribution. Data were obtained for this parameter as a function of incident angle, transmitted and received polarization, and radar wavelength for a wide variety of terrain types such as desert, mountainous, urban, and water. A significant conclusion was that the wavelength dependence of the terrain clutter varies from n 0 for urban terrain to n 32 for marshes.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE