Accession Number:

ADA379137

Title:

Stepped Frequency Imaging Radar Simulation

Descriptive Note:

Master's Thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Mun, Kok L.

Report Date:

2000-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

75.0

Abstract:

In this thesis, a technique involving Stepped Frequency and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar ISAR processing have been employed to develop two-dimensional radar images of an aircraft target. Radar returns from prominent scatterers of various parts of the target will be processed and displayed. The processing is a combination of two high-resolution processes development of a high-range resolution HRR profile in slant range using the stepped frequency waveform, and the development of a high-resolution profile in cross-range using the ISAR technique. With these two techniques complementing each other, images of targets dominant scatterers can be extracted , processed and displayed. With intelligence databases built over time, precise recognition of target type can be identified.

Descriptors:

• *IMAGE PROCESSING
• *SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
• *RADAR IMAGES
• TWO DIMENSIONAL
• TARGET RECOGNITION
• WAVEFORMS
• THESES
• HIGH RESOLUTION
• BROADBAND
• IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
• AERIAL TARGETS
• SLANT RANGE

Subject Categories:

• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE