Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 340-344.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000035

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Digital Earth surface maps for radar ground clutter simulation

Margarita ORESHKINA*(), Maksim STEPANOV(), Alexey KISELEV()   

  1. 1 Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630073, Russia
  • Received:2021-02-19 Accepted:2022-02-10 Online:2022-05-06 Published:2022-05-06
  • Contact: Margarita ORESHKINA E-mail:oreskina.m@yandex.ru;a.kiselev@corp.nstu.ru
  • About author:|ORESHKINA Margarita was born in 1991. She received her M.S. degree in radioengineering in 2017. She is a lecturer in Novosibirsk State Technical University. Her current research interests include modeling of radar echo signals and mathematical modeling. E-mail: oreskina.m@yandex.ru||STEPANOV Maksim was born in 1982. He is a Ph.D. of technical sciences and professor of the Department of Radio Receivers and Radio Transmitters, Novosibirsk State Technical University. His current research interests include design of mathematical models of radar echo and simulators of radar situations and real-time simulation of complex radar conditions. E-mail: m.stepanov@corp.nstu.ru||KISELEV Alexey was born in 1958. He is a Ph.D. of technical sciences and professor of the Department of Radio Receivers and Radio Transmitters, Novosibirsk State Technical University. His current research interests include real-time modeling of a complex radar environment, radar clutter simulation, and mathematical modeling. E-mail: a.kiselev@corp.nstu.ru
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (19-37-90103)

Abstract:

This paper dwells upon optimizing the azimuth sampling interval of digital surface maps used to model radar ground clutter. The resulting equations can be used to find the digital map sampling interval for the required calculation error and modeled power of the simulated signal, which determines the resulting distribution of backscatter intensity. The paper further showcases how the sampling interval could be increased by preprocessing the map.

Key words: ground clutter, mathematical modelling, radar, simulation