Monopulse radars are widely used in tracking systems, due to their relative simplicity and theoretical precision, but the presence of multipath impairs the tracking capabilities of these radars, especially when multipath signals are strong, as in a naval environment. A special monopulse setup, the crossfeed, has been proposed in the past to provide an automatic cancellation from smooth sea multipath. In this contribution, the performances of such a system are analyzed in presence of rough sea scattering and compared with those of a standard monopulse setup. Particular attention is devoted to performance degradations due to possible phase errors in the passive network implementing the comparator and due to ship rolling and pitching. This latter requires a full 3D monopulse simulator for its correct evaluation.

A comparison between standard and crossfeed monopulse radars in presence of rough sea scattering and ship movements / G. Giunta; L. Lucci; R. Nesti; G. Pelosi; S. Selleri; F. Serrano. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION. - ISSN 1687-5869. - STAMPA. - 2010:(2010), pp. 1-9. [10.1155/2010/126757]

A comparison between standard and crossfeed monopulse radars in presence of rough sea scattering and ship movements

PELOSI, GIUSEPPE;SELLERI, STEFANO;
2010

Abstract

Monopulse radars are widely used in tracking systems, due to their relative simplicity and theoretical precision, but the presence of multipath impairs the tracking capabilities of these radars, especially when multipath signals are strong, as in a naval environment. A special monopulse setup, the crossfeed, has been proposed in the past to provide an automatic cancellation from smooth sea multipath. In this contribution, the performances of such a system are analyzed in presence of rough sea scattering and compared with those of a standard monopulse setup. Particular attention is devoted to performance degradations due to possible phase errors in the passive network implementing the comparator and due to ship rolling and pitching. This latter requires a full 3D monopulse simulator for its correct evaluation.
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