Simulation of real beam ground mapping mode of a pulsed radar
Author
Onart, Serkan
Arıkan, Orhan
Date
2006Source Title
Proceedings of the 14th Signal Processing and Communications Applications, IEEE 2006
Publisher
IEEE
Volume
2006
Language
Turkish
Type
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Abstract
A Matlab© based realistic simulation software is developed for Real Beam Ground Mapping (RBGM) mode of a pulsed air-borne radar. The developed software successfully simulates the effects of basic radar parameters for the real beam mapping mode. A zero level Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DiTED) is used for terrain model. Radar return is calculated for a stationary antenna at a given height from the ground and tilt angle. Simulations can represent the effects of terrain occulting, shadowing, incidence angle depended scattering, range attenuation, antenna parameters (pattern, gain, beam width e.g.) and transmitter parameters (frequency, output power, pulse width, PRF e.g.) on radar returns for both sector and circular scans.
Keywords
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DiTED)Ground mapping
Pulsed radar
Real Beam Ground Mapping (RBGM)
Stationary antenna
Antennas
Computer simulation
Computer software
Mapping
Pulse width modulation
Transmitters
Radar systems