Premium
Aircraft down‐range profiles formed from simulated and compact‐range radar backscatter
Author(s) -
Botha E. C.,
Odendaal J. W.,
Geggus K. M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19980220)17:3<207::aid-mop17>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - backscatter (email) , range (aeronautics) , remote sensing , radar , microwave , aerospace engineering , environmental science , computer science , engineering , geology , telecommunications , wireless
Compact‐range radar backscatter measurements are taken of aircraft scale models. In addition, computer software is used to predict the RCS of the aircraft. Synthetic down‐range profiles formed from the two sources of backscatter data are compared and visualized in an innovative manner. Similar discrimination rates between the two aircraft are obtained on data from both sources. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 17: 207–213, 1998.