Discrimination between Weather and Sea Clutter
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The results of automatic discrimination between weather and sea clutter using S-band dual-polarization Doppler weather radar are presented. The data were collected with the NCAR SPOL radar located in the Pacific shoreline near Seattle, USA. The multiparameter dataset includes backscattered power P (or radar reflectivity Z), Doppler velocity V, spectrum width σv, differential reflectivity ZDR (polarization ratio), differential phase ΦDP, linear depolarization ratio LDR, and cross-correlation coefficient ρhv. Two versions of classification algorithm based on fuzzy logic are explored. One of them utilizes only Doppler radar variables (P and V), whereas the other makes use of both Doppler and polarimetric measurands.
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