URSI 2002, XVII Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio, Alcalá de Henares
This paper presents a method to predict site-specific radar
coverage. The method is based on solving the monostatic
scattering problem by using the Physical Optics (PO) or Kirchhoff
method, in combination with the use of Geographical Information
Systems, to model the specific terrain. The possibility to calculate
the radar coverage, the time of arrival of the reflected pulses and
the power delay profile allows the effect of clutter and multireflections
to be analyzed in detail. Radar parameters, such as its
location, antenna types, pulse duration and pulse repetition
frequency can be optimized. Also, this information is of great
interest in the design and improvement of sensitivity time control
(STC) and constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) systems.
