Investigating Intra-Pulse Doppler Frequency Coupled in the Radar Echo Signal of a Plasma Sheath-Enveloped Target

Autor: Bowen Bai, Bailiang Pu, Ke Zhang, Yilin Yang, Xiaoping Li, Yanming Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing, Vol 16, Iss 15, p 2811 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs16152811
Popis: In detecting hypersonic vehicles, the radar echo signal is coupled with an intra-pulse Doppler frequency (I-D frequency) component caused by relative motion of a plasma sheath (PSh) and the vehicle, which can induce the phenomenon of a ghost target in a one-dimensional range profile. In order to investigate the I-D frequency generated by the relative motion of a PSh, this study transforms a linear frequency modulated (LFM) signal into a single carrier frequency signal based on echo signal equivalent time delay-dechirp processing and realizes high resolution and fast extraction of the I-D frequency coupled with the frequency-domain echo signal. Furthermore, by relying on the computation of the surface flow field of the RAMC-II Blunt Cone Reentry Vehicle, the coupled I-D frequency in the radar echo signal of a PSh-enveloped target under circumstances of typical altitudes and carrier frequencies is extracted and further investigated, revealing the variation law of I-D frequency. The key findings of this study provide a novel approach for suppressing anomalies in radar detection of PSh-enveloped targets as well as effective detecting and as robust target tracking.
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