Measurement of shipborne radar sea echo is instrumental in collecting the sea clutter data in open sea areas.However,the ship movement would introduce an extra Doppler component into the spectrum of the sea clutter,so...Measurement of shipborne radar sea echo is instrumental in collecting the sea clutter data in open sea areas.However,the ship movement would introduce an extra Doppler component into the spectrum of the sea clutter,so the sea clutter inherent spectrum must be estimated prior to investigating the sea clutter Doppler characteristics from the shipborne radar sea echo.In this paper we show some results about a shipborne sea clutter measurement experiment that was conducted in the South China Sea in a period between 2017 and 2018;abundant clutter data have been collected by using a shipborne S-band clutter measurement radar.To obtain the sea clutter inherent Doppler spectrum from these data,an estimation method,based on the mapping relationship between the shipborne clutter spectrum and the inherent clutter spectrum,is proposed.This method is validated by shipborne clutter data sets under the same measuring conditions except for the ship speed.Using this method,the characteristics of the Doppler spectrum lineshapes in the South China Sea are calculated and analyzed according to different sea states,wave directions,and radar resolutions,which can be instrumental in designing the radar target detection algorithms.展开更多
An effective approach in solving the sea clutter spectrum extraction problem is studied in the paper.Different from the conventional signal to noise ratio（SNR）method based on Doppler frequency or range domain inform...An effective approach in solving the sea clutter spectrum extraction problem is studied in the paper.Different from the conventional signal to noise ratio（SNR）method based on Doppler frequency or range domain information,a method is developed to characterize the differences between the sea echo and those interferences are by signal to interference plus noise ratio（SINR）which jointly utilizing the range,Doppler frequency and azimuth domain information.Furthermore,these differences can be adaptable to adverse conditions by forming the necessary boundaries and constraints in searching of the maximum SINR,which greatly promotes the extraction of sea clutter spectrum.The real high frequency surface wave radar（HFSWR）data demonstrate that the proposed method is less influenced by those interferences and can effectively extract the sea clutter spectrum even under the adverse conditions.Furthermore,it has been shown as an effective method for ship detection and sea state remote sensing of HFSWR.展开更多
在Walsh海杂波模型的基础上,结合实测天波超视距雷达(over the horizon radar,OTHR)回波数据,同时考虑海面洋流、电离层垂直运动以及电离层非平稳性引起的相位污染的影响,提出了改进的OTHR海杂波模型。利用改进模型,从OTHR检测舰船速度...在Walsh海杂波模型的基础上,结合实测天波超视距雷达(over the horizon radar,OTHR)回波数据,同时考虑海面洋流、电离层垂直运动以及电离层非平稳性引起的相位污染的影响,提出了改进的OTHR海杂波模型。利用改进模型,从OTHR检测舰船速度盲区的角度深入分析了海态和电离层非平稳性对OTHR多普勒谱的影响。仿真数据和实测数据的对比说明了改进模型能够较好的模拟实测海杂波,得出的结论为选择最佳的OTHR工作参数和电离层传播信道提供了理论参考。展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61801446).
文摘Measurement of shipborne radar sea echo is instrumental in collecting the sea clutter data in open sea areas.However,the ship movement would introduce an extra Doppler component into the spectrum of the sea clutter,so the sea clutter inherent spectrum must be estimated prior to investigating the sea clutter Doppler characteristics from the shipborne radar sea echo.In this paper we show some results about a shipborne sea clutter measurement experiment that was conducted in the South China Sea in a period between 2017 and 2018;abundant clutter data have been collected by using a shipborne S-band clutter measurement radar.To obtain the sea clutter inherent Doppler spectrum from these data,an estimation method,based on the mapping relationship between the shipborne clutter spectrum and the inherent clutter spectrum,is proposed.This method is validated by shipborne clutter data sets under the same measuring conditions except for the ship speed.Using this method,the characteristics of the Doppler spectrum lineshapes in the South China Sea are calculated and analyzed according to different sea states,wave directions,and radar resolutions,which can be instrumental in designing the radar target detection algorithms.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61501131,61171180)National Marine Technology Program for Public Welfare(201505002)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(HIT.MKSTISP.2016 26)
文摘An effective approach in solving the sea clutter spectrum extraction problem is studied in the paper.Different from the conventional signal to noise ratio（SNR）method based on Doppler frequency or range domain information,a method is developed to characterize the differences between the sea echo and those interferences are by signal to interference plus noise ratio（SINR）which jointly utilizing the range,Doppler frequency and azimuth domain information.Furthermore,these differences can be adaptable to adverse conditions by forming the necessary boundaries and constraints in searching of the maximum SINR,which greatly promotes the extraction of sea clutter spectrum.The real high frequency surface wave radar（HFSWR）data demonstrate that the proposed method is less influenced by those interferences and can effectively extract the sea clutter spectrum even under the adverse conditions.Furthermore,it has been shown as an effective method for ship detection and sea state remote sensing of HFSWR.
文摘在Walsh海杂波模型的基础上,结合实测天波超视距雷达(over the horizon radar,OTHR)回波数据,同时考虑海面洋流、电离层垂直运动以及电离层非平稳性引起的相位污染的影响,提出了改进的OTHR海杂波模型。利用改进模型,从OTHR检测舰船速度盲区的角度深入分析了海态和电离层非平稳性对OTHR多普勒谱的影响。仿真数据和实测数据的对比说明了改进模型能够较好的模拟实测海杂波,得出的结论为选择最佳的OTHR工作参数和电离层传播信道提供了理论参考。
