Radar Clutter Modeling and Analysis
Maria S. Greco* and Simon Watts†, *Department of Ingegneria dell’Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, †Thales UK, Crawley, West Sussex, UK
Abstract
Radars operating in an open environment will receive returns from many sources. In addition to reflections from objects of interest, usually known as targets, the radar signal will include backscatter from the environment and other unwanted objects, known as radar clutter. A radar system is required to process the returns from targets in the presence of this unwanted clutter. This tutorial describes the characteristics of different types of clutter and the various ways in which clutter is modeled. It then introduces the uses of clutter ...
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