Polarimetric selectivity method for suppressing cross-track clutter in sounding radars
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1. A method for suppressing cross-track clutter in a sounding radar comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a circularly polarized electromagnetic (EM) field over a full beamwidth of an antenna pattern;
receiving a coherently dual-polarized backscattered field containing cross-track clutter and a desired signal having different polarizations;
using data embedded in the received backscattered field to calculate Stokes parameters that characterize the receive backscattered field;
using the calculated Stokes parameters to identify the polarizations of the desired signal and the cross-track clutter; and
suppressing the cross-track clutter using the difference in polarization between the cross-track clutter and the desired signal.
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Abstract
Methods for suppressing cross-track clutter in a sounding radar utilize polarimetric selectivity in two ways: (1) transmitting full-beam circular polarization and separating the desired signal of interest from the clutter based on the signal and clutter having different polarizations, and (2) transmitting and receiving circular polarization at the radar'"'"'s nadir and elliptical polarization at the radar'"'"'s off-nadir regions and filtering out the elliptical polarization.
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1. A method for suppressing cross-track clutter in a sounding radar comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a circularly polarized electromagnetic (EM) field over a full beamwidth of an antenna pattern; receiving a coherently dual-polarized backscattered field containing cross-track clutter and a desired signal having different polarizations; using data embedded in the received backscattered field to calculate Stokes parameters that characterize the receive backscattered field; using the calculated Stokes parameters to identify the polarizations of the desired signal and the cross-track clutter; and suppressing the cross-track clutter using the difference in polarization between the cross-track clutter and the desired signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for suppressing cross-track clutter in a sounding radar comprising the steps of:
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transmitting an electromagnetic (EM) field, having a first polarization at the radar'"'"'s nadir and an EM field having a second polarization;
at the radar'"'"'s off-nadir regions;receiving a coherently dual-polarized backscattered field, wherein backscatter received from the nadir retains the first polarization and backscatter received from the off-nadir regions retains the second polarization; using data embedded in the received backscattered field to calculate the Stokes parameters; using the calculated Stokes parameters to distribute the data according to the extent of the second polarization; and suppressing the second polarization using a passband centered on the first polarization. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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