Volumetric radar cross section of single tree calculated from far-field S-band measurements

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7081716

Hicks, M J

Backscatter radar cross section per unit volume of a single tree was calculated from far-field S-band measurements of radar cross section. The measurements were made at the SCATTER facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The trees measured were an 11-ft (3.4-m) Austrian pine and a 22-ft (6.7-m) budding Modesto ash. Radar cross section of the pine was also measured after the needles had been stripped from the tree. The mean radar cross section per unit volume of the pine was -12 dBsm/m/sup 3/; the absence of needles had no significant effect on this result. The mean radar cross section per unit volume of the Modesto ash was -18 dBsm/m/sup 3/. 4 refs., 19 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7081716
• Report Number(s): SAND-88-2194; ON: DE88016497
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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