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Accession Number:
AD0752198
Title:
Detection of a Distributed Target,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
PHYSICS LAB RVO-TNO THE HAGUE (NETHERLANDS)
Report Date:
1971-03-15
Pagination or Media Count:
13.0
Abstract:
The influence of increasing range resolution on the detectability of targets with dimensions greater than the resolution cell is studied. An N-cell target model is assumed, which contains k reflecting cells, each reflecting independently according to the same Rayleigh amplitude distribution. It will be referred to as the N,k target. Detection based on one transmitted pulse is performed against a background of white normal noise. Detection in stationary clutter is also considered. The optimum detector is obtained but, in view of its complexity, the performance of a simpler detector, the square-law envelope detector with linear integrator, is analyzed, and a formula for the probability of detection is obtained. Author
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE