1. VHF Cross-Range Profiling of Aerial Targets Via Passive ISAR: Signal Processing Schemes and Experimental Results.
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Colone, Fabiola, Pastina, Debora, and Marongiu, Virginia
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INVERSE synthetic aperture radar , *SIGNAL processing , *PASSIVE radar , *AIR traffic , *VHF devices , *RADIO transmitter-receivers - Abstract
The possibility of obtaining cross-range profiles of aerial targets is contemplated in this paper by applying inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) techniques against FM-based passive radar data. The considered application is shown to pose a number of limitations, mostly related to the very long coherent processing interval required to attain a reasonable cross-range resolution. To mitigate such limitations, a suitable two-stage ISAR processing scheme is proposed for the estimation of the target motion induced phase history and its compensation. The results are shown against experimental data sets collected by a very high frequency (VHF) band passive radar receiver developed at Sapienza University of Rome. This allows to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach that provides the FM-based passive radar with advanced capabilities for air traffic surveillance applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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