A target polarization recognition method for radar echoes

Xi Li, Lianshan Lin, Xianhe Shao

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Abstract

This paper distinguishes ship target from chaff by their difference in depolarization characteristics using fully polarized dual-channel radar which transmits vertical and horizontal polarization wave alternately and receives co-polarization and cross-polarization components simultaneously with two channels. It recognize the target by taking advantage of the difference of the vertical and horizontal depolarization characteristic parameters of the target and chaff in radar echoes, after enlarging the difference between the cross-polarization component and co-polarization component of the radar echoes involving both target and chaff. furthermore, non-linear polarization transformation is adopted to increase the chaff and targets separability and to improve the recognition rate in result. In the end, the recognition result is proved to be more desirable by processing information in polarization domain than in time and frequency domain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2010
Pages1644-1647
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2010 - Chengdu, China
Duration: May 8 2010May 11 2010

Publication series

Name2010 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2010

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period05/8/1005/11/10

Keywords

  • Non-linear polarization transformation
  • Polarization recognition
  • Scatter matrix
  • Target recognition

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