Smit, JCCilliers, Jacques EBaker, CJHanekom, JJ2009-02-182009-02-182008-05Smit, JC, Cilliers, JE, Baker, CJ and Hanekom, JJ. 2008. X-Band high range resolution radar measurements of sea surface forward scatter at low grazing angles. 2008 IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, 26-30 May 2008, pp 2031-2034142441539Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/30262008 IEEE Radar Conference inRome, Italy on the 26-30 May 2008Radar measurements of a radar calibration sphere test target suspended in sea surface multipath propagation conditions are reported. Wideband measurements together with high range resolution (HRR) processing were employed to resolve the direct reflection component and sea surface reflected multipath components of the received signal. The temporal correlation characteristics of the resolved single bounce multipath signal component are investigated, which shows that a strong temporal correlation in the sea surface forward scatter component exists. Based on this measurement, we propose a temporal correlation extension to an existing low-angle propagation model, together with a correlation filter structure to realize the correlation extension in computer simulationenRadar multipathSea surface forward scatterTemporal correlationConference PresentationSmit, J., Cilliers, J. E., Baker, C., & Hanekom, J. (2008). X-Band high range resolution radar measurements of sea surface forward scatter at low grazing angles. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3026Smit, JC, Jacques E Cilliers, CJ Baker, and JJ Hanekom. "X-Band high range resolution radar measurements of sea surface forward scatter at low grazing angles." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3026Smit J, Cilliers JE, Baker C, Hanekom J, X-Band high range resolution radar measurements of sea surface forward scatter at low grazing angles; IEEE; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3026 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Smit, JC AU - Cilliers, Jacques E AU - Baker, CJ AU - Hanekom, JJ AB - Radar measurements of a radar calibration sphere test target suspended in sea surface multipath propagation conditions are reported. Wideband measurements together with high range resolution (HRR) processing were employed to resolve the direct reflection component and sea surface reflected multipath components of the received signal. The temporal correlation characteristics of the resolved single bounce multipath signal component are investigated, which shows that a strong temporal correlation in the sea surface forward scatter component exists. Based on this measurement, we propose a temporal correlation extension to an existing low-angle propagation model, together with a correlation filter structure to realize the correlation extension in computer simulation DA - 2008-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Radar multipath KW - Sea surface forward scatter KW - Temporal correlation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 142441539X T1 - X-Band high range resolution radar measurements of sea surface forward scatter at low grazing angles TI - X-Band high range resolution radar measurements of sea surface forward scatter at low grazing angles UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3026 ER -