Performance limits for exo-clutter Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radar.

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/992323· OSTI ID:992323

Doerry, Armin Walter

The performance of a Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radar system depends on a variety of factors, many which are interdependent in some manner. It is often difficult to 'get your arms around' the problem of ascertaining achievable performance limits, and yet those limits exist and are dictated by physics. This report identifies and explores those limits, and how they depend on hardware system parameters and environmental conditions. Ultimately, this leads to a characterization of parameters that offer optimum performance for the overall GMTI radar system. While the information herein is not new to the literature, its collection into a single report hopes to offer some value in reducing the 'seek time'.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 992323
• Report Number(s): SAND2010-5844; TRN: US201022%%357
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
PERFORMANCE
RADAR
TARGETS
DETECTION
LIMITING VALUES
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
Radar-Military applications.
Radar targets.