Performance Evaluation of Pre-Doppler and Post-Doppler STAP Techniques for a Multimode GMTI System

Conference: EUSAR 2006 - 6th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
05/16/2006 - 05/18/2006 at Dresden, Germany

Proceedings: EUSAR 2006

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
MacEachern, Bruce; Balaji, Bhashyam (Electrical Computing Engineering Dept, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
Balaji, Bhashyam; MacEachern, Bruce (Radar Systems Section, Defence R&D Canada - Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Abstract:
The implementation of partially adaptive space-time adaptive processing (STAP) algorithms are essential for real-time implementation in an airborne GMTI radar system. While this is paramount, that implementation must be accomplished within the confines of a cost-effective radar system. The research examines the performance of partially adaptive STAP algorithms using real data from an airborne multimode two-channel GMTI system used by Defence Research and Development Canada - Ottawa (DRDC-O). This investigation will quantify and compare the performance for specific pre-Doppler and post-Doppler STAP algorithms from real data. In addition, the post-Doppler technique will be assessed in relation to the fully adaptive case.