one of the problems in detecting radar targets is the variation of target cross section due to aspect angle; which is named as target fluctuation. this perfectly depends on target geometry and transmitted wavelength and can cause significant loss of detection. one of the solutions to this is improving the radar range resolution. stepped frequency is one of the signals that can improve the range...

to date, a number of numerical methods, including the popular finite-difference time domain (fdtd) technique, have been proposed to simulate ground-penetrating radar (gpr) responses. despite having a number of advantages, the finite-difference method also has pitfalls such as being very time consuming in simulating the most common case of media with high dielectric permittivity, causing the for...

Flooding is one of the most devastating natural disasters occurring annually in the Philippines. A call for a solution for this malady is very challenging as well as crucial to be addressed. Mapping flood hazard is an effective tool in determining the extent and depth of floods associated with hazard level in specified areas that need to be prioritized during flood occurrences. Precedent to the...

Angular super-resolution imaging in the forward-looking area of a scanning radar platform plays an important role in the application of scanning radar. However, the angular resolution of scanning radar is limited by the system parameters. Thus, improving the angular resolution of scanning radar beyond the limitation of the given system parameters is desired. We present an angular super-resoluti...

Previous work using neutron spectrometer data and earth-based 70 cm radar has proven useful in mapping TiO2 on the lunar surface but with coarse resolution. Spectral data from the Clementine mission attempted to map TiO2 at higher resolution but accuracy was low. With new 12.5 cm Mini-RF radar data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter I attempted to build a higher resolution TiO2 map by compar...

This contribution points out the potential of radar sensors with high resolution in azimuth and range in traffic environment and addresses some aspects of their practical implementation with respect to system design, hardware and software. A prototypical vehicle-based instrumentation radar is presented, which performs on-line acquisition and real-time visualisation of radar images with an updat...

The basic concept of radar is relatively simple even though in many instances its practical implementation is not. A radar operates by radiating electromagnetic energy and detecting the echo returned from reflecting objects (targets). The nature of the echo signal provides information about the target. The range, or distance , to the target is found from the time it takes for the radiated energ...