Author:Melebari, A; Abdul Gaffar, MY; Strydom, JJDate:Oct 2015In modern radar systems with high range resolution, the statistical properties of clutter have a significant effect on the performance of the radar. Analyzing the radar returns from various clutter terrains is essential when aiming to optimize ...Read more
Author:Du Plessis, WP; Kitching, C; Bin Ghannam, ADate:Mar 2012The effect of allowing shared elements in interleaved thinned arrays is investigated. The sidelobe level (SLL) as a function of the number of shared elements mirrors the SLL of thinned arrays as a function of filling factor because the number ...Read more
Author:Strydom, JJ; Cilliers, Jacques E; Gouws, M; Naicker, D; Olivier, KDate:Oct 2012This paper describes the development and testing of a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) kernel, as well as some of the functionality which has been added to the system to make it a fully-fledged hardware in the loop (HIL) radar environment ...Read more
Author:Venkataraman, SDate:2008Two laser-radar systems in South Africa offer great potential to characterize the region's atmospheric particulate matter and pollutants. Lasers offer great advantages over conventional light sources in terms of peak power and narrow spectral ...Read more
Author:Botha, Louis; Kloke, Kevin H; Smit, Johan C; Kitching, CelmaDate:Jul 2016We have decided to develop some common building blocks for use in radar system at the CSIR, DPSS. The reasons for doing this are: a) The cost of ad-hoc- developed RF subsystems (using connectorised components) is getting to be prohibitive as ...Read more
Author:John, RS; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Jul 2020The objective of this study was to analyse the development of radar systems in a government research and development environment from a systems engineering perspective and identify which, if any, systems engineering tools and methods are used. ...Read more
Author:Wabeke, LO; Nel, Willem AJDate:Jun 2010Recent research show that utilization of knowledge of the environment can allow a radar system to adapt its processing to improve its performance. Furthermore, a radar system that utilize both a-priori and measured knowledge in an adaptive ...Read more