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Verification Of A Decision Level Fusion Algorithm Using A Proven Atr System And Measured Sar Data, James Douglas Thompson Mar 2006

Verification Of A Decision Level Fusion Algorithm Using A Proven Atr System And Measured Sar Data, James Douglas Thompson

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Decision level fusion (DLF) algorithms combine outputs of multiple single sensors to make one confident declaration of a target. This research compares performance results of a DLF algorithm using measured data and a proven ATR system with results from simulated data and a modeled ATR system. This comparison indicates that DLF offers significant performance improvements over single sensor looks. However, results based on simulated data and a modeled ATR are slightly optimistic and overestimate results from measured data and a proven ATR system by nearly 10% over all targets tested.


Doppler Aliasing Reduction In Wide-Angle Synthetic Aperture Radar Using Phase Modulated Random Stepped-Frequency Waveforms, Andrew W. Hyatt Mar 2006

Doppler Aliasing Reduction In Wide-Angle Synthetic Aperture Radar Using Phase Modulated Random Stepped-Frequency Waveforms, Andrew W. Hyatt

Theses and Dissertations

This research effort examines the theory, application and results of side-looking airborne radar operation in hot clutter. Hot clutter is an electronic counter-measure used to degrade the performance of airborne radar. Hot clutter occurs by illuminating the ground with an airborne jammer at some velocity, azimuth, elevation, and range from the airborne radar. When the received RCS scattered hot clutter waveform is perfectly coherent with the radar waveform, the radar believes the returns created by the hot clutter jammer resulted from the transmitting radar. Hot clutter degrades radar performance at locations in azimuth and Doppler. The effect of hot clutter …