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2012-04-05
Evaporation Duct Retrieval Using Changes in Radar Sea Clutter Power Versus Receiving Height
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 126, 555-571, 2012
Abstract
A method for retrieving evaporation duct height (EDH) is introduced in this paper. The proposed technique employs the changes in radar sea clutter power observed at different heights as input information. It identifies the EDH associated with the modeled clutter change pattern that best matches measured change patterns. The performance of the method is evaluated in terms of RMS errors in retrieving actual EDHs that range from 0 to 40 m. The comparison of the proposed method with the conventional clutter pattern matching method shows that the former more effectively retrieves actual EDHs.
Citation
Jin-Peng Zhang, Zhen-Sen Wu, Yu-Sheng Zhang, and Bo Wang, "Evaporation Duct Retrieval Using Changes in Radar Sea Clutter Power Versus Receiving Height," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 126, 555-571, 2012.
doi:10.2528/PIER11121307
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