3.3 Land and Sea Clutter: An Update

Instructor: Maurice W. Long - Consultant

Thursday April 25, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Abstract

This tutorial is based on the literature review for completing Radar Reflectivity of Land and Sea, 3rd edition, Artech House, 2001. The course objective is to identify the current knowledge of land and sea reflectivity in a manner that is understandable to both new and experienced radar engineers. The tutorial will begin with a historical survey of earth surface observations, which will be followed by a discussion of basic reflectivity concepts and definitions. Course material will include echo amplitude statistics, coherent and noncoherent Doppler spectra, super sea echo events, sea spikes, compound distributions for describing space-time amplitude statistics, and models and tables of radar cross section for land and sea. Emphasis will be on radar backscatter, but an introductory discussion will be included on bistatic land and sea clutter. The tutorial will be closed with a summary of new findings on land and sea clutter.

Bio

About the lecturer: Maurice Long is author of Radar Reflectivity of Land and Sea, 3rd edition, Artech House, 2001; and editor, Airborne Early Warning System Concepts, Artech House, 1992. He is a private consultant. Previously, at Georgia Institute of Technology, he participated in radar development, clutter, and small target detection programs; and was Director of the Engineering Experiment Station (now Georgia Tech Research Institute). Dr. Long obtained an MSEE degree from the University of Kentucky, and degrees in electrical engineering and physics from Georgia Tech. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, a member of Commission F of URSI and of the Academy of Electromagnetics. His biography appears in Who's Who in America, American Men and Women of Science, and Who's Who in Engineering.

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