Target detection using HF radar data

Tomasz Gorski (1) , Jean-Marc Le Caillec (1) , Adam Kawalec (2) , Witold Czarnecki (2) , Marc Lennon (3) , Nicolas Thomas (3)

1 ITI - Département Image et Traitement Information
2 WATT - Military university of technology
3 Actimar

High frequency (HF) radar systems have a potential to detect targets which are located beyond the optical horizon on the sea surface. Unfortunately sea clutter may be strong enough to prevent such detection. In this work we present results of applying space-time adaptive processing (STAP) to this problem. Real, registered signals were used for numerical experiments.

Mots clés: Adaptive signal detection; Marine radar; Oceanographic techniques; Radar clutter; Radar detection; High frequency radar system; Optical horizon; Sea clutter

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Tomasz Gorski, Jean-Marc Le Caillec, Adam Kawalec, Witold Czarnecki, Marc Lennon, et al.. Target detection using HF radar data. Oceans Europe 2007, Jun 2007, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. pp.1 - 5, ⟨10.1109/OCEANSE.2007.4302320⟩. ⟨hal-02912508⟩