A theoretical model of diffuse multipath reflections from rough surfaces is applied to the prediction of multipath power distribu tions in radar coordinates: elevation angle, time delay, and Dop pler frequency. These distributions are used to predict radar tracking errors in elevation angle, for both monopulse and scan ning antenna systems, and typical results are presented. These show a small increase in tracking error for scanning systems, on radially approaching targets, caused by sensitivity of these trackers to amplitude scintillation of the composite direct-plus multipath signal. Effects of knife-edge diffraction and of vegetation ion are briefly considered.


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    Title :

    Multipath Fluctuation Effects in Track-While-Scan Radar


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    Publication date :

    1979-11-01


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    2199801 byte




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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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