Use of dolphin-like pulses to enhance target discrimination and reduce clutter
Author(s) -
T.G. Leighton,
Gim-Hwa Chua,
Paul F. White
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
proceedings of meetings on acoustics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 1939-800X
DOI - 10.1121/1.4798771
Subject(s) - clutter , radar , computer science , bubble , scheme (mathematics) , acoustics , constant false alarm rate , field (mathematics) , radar signal processing , radar detection , nonlinear system , electronic engineering , artificial intelligence , signal processing , engineering , physics , telecommunications , mathematics , mathematical analysis , parallel computing , pure mathematics , quantum mechanics
Building on the earlier success of using twin inverted pulses to supress bubble scatter and so reduce clutter when detecting targets in bubbly water (proven in ship wakes in field trials), the same nonlinear processing scheme is generalized to make use of dolphin-like pulses. Their performance in reducing clutter and enhancing target discrimination is demonstrated in the laboratory, and the opportunities for using the same scheme to improve the detection of hidden electronic devices or semiconductor devices by radar are discussed.
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