X-band sea-clutter nonstationarity: influence of long waves |
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Authors: | Greco M. Bordoni F. Gini F. |
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Affiliation: | Dipt. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Univ. di Pisa, Italy; |
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Abstract: | ![]() In this paper, we deal with the problem of modeling the backscattering from sea surface for low-grazing-angle and high-resolution radar systems. Based on the electromagnetic two-scale model, we analyzed both the amplitude and frequency modulations induced on the small-scale Bragg resonant waves by the large-scale surface tilt and advection due to the swell presence. Evidence of sea-clutter nonstationarity has been verified and the relationship between the variations of clutter spectral features, such as texture, Doppler centroid, and bandwidth, have been studied by processing real sea-clutter data recorded by the IPIX radar of McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. An autoregressive nonstationary process is proposed and validated to model the physical phenomenon. |
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