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Small dual polarization radar system

Posted on:2016-07-26Degree:M.SType:Thesis
University:University of South CarolinaCandidate:Rana, TanzeelFull Text:PDF
GTID:2478390017981698Subject:Electromagnetics
Abstract/Summary:
A novel, small, low-cost radar system was developed and able to capture the horizontal and vertical scattering mechanisms. This system also had the capability of detecting and tracking moving objects (Charvat 2014). A radar image of the plane board was recorded using a prototype to capture the radar cross section. The same transformation was used for all of the captured images and the result was calibrated and validated with voltage comparison.;Three simple measurements were performed to understand basic physics behind polarization: single bounce, double bounce, and multiple bounce. A dual polarization radar system was designed in a fashion that captured four images, horizontal-horizontal (HH), vertical-vertical (VV), horizontal-vertical (HV) and vertical-horizontal (VH) combinations (Zyl 2011).;During this experimentation, a prototype was built and utilized so there are now many methods of accurately analyzing radar equation parameters. Perhaps researchers can now focus on the more advanced polarimetric signature topics, including the polarimetric SAR system to enhance the polarimetric signature techniques for analysis of non-traditional geometrical shapes.
Keywords/Search Tags:System, Radar, Polarization
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