Target estimation, detection, and tracking: A look at adaptive polarimetric design

Martin Hurtado; Jin Jun Xiao; Arye Nehorai

doi:10.1109/MSP.2008.930417

Target estimation, detection, and tracking: A look at adaptive polarimetric design

Martin Hurtado, Jin Jun Xiao, Arye Nehorai

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Abstract

In detecting and tracking targets of small radar cross sections in cluttered environments, polarimetric diversity has become an important tool, which, not like typical radar systems, operate with similar polarized antennas for transmission and reception and thus lead to the compatibility of acquiring complete polarimetric information of the target and environment. In addition, polarimetric diversity provides more complete information about the target features like the geometry, material and orientation. This also leads to greater enhance radar capabilities especially when the usual signal descriptors are not enough for discriminating the target from the clutter. An adaptive design of radar polarization waveform can further this development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	42-52
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2008.930417
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Antenna arrays
Arrays
Clutter
Radar
Radar antennas
Radar polarimetry
Scattering

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