In air-to-ground radar imaging, the motion characteristics of ground moving vehicles are often ignored or implicitly assumed as being trivial. A pilot study conducted during September 2000 suggested that the motions are in fact far from simple. Results have been gained from a controlled experiment that measured the 3-axis rotation behaviour of a variety of military vehicles transiting different terrain. Typical rotation rates as high as 30° s-1 were seen in more than one axis of rotation for a tracked vehicle moving at speed off-road, and these rates are encountered up to 2% of the time. These results suggest that significant attention should be paid to typical motion characteristics when considering moving target identification and imaging problems.


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    Title :

    Motion of ground moving targets and implications for aided recognition


    Contributors:
    Eaton, C.J. (author) / Coe, D.J. (author)

    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    5 pages



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English