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Spread E, F layer ionospheric clutter identification in range-doppler map for HFSWR

  • Institute of Electronic Engineering Technology

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Abstract

Wide range covering, strong intensity, time-variant, fluctuation and irregular distribution of the spread E, F layer ionospheric clutter badly affects the system performance of High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR). A spread E, F layer ionospheric clutter identification method is proposed based on the region segmentation results and region characteristics of the clutter. First of all, convolution template is used for locating the edge of the clutter, then the ratio of the number of the samples belonging to some segmented region and the total number of the samples in the region of interest (ROI) is used for setting the determinative threshold of the clutter region. Experiments with real data manifest that the proposed method can describe the effect of the spread ionospheric clutter to HFSWR. The quantitative analysis is consistent with the real data observation. The result can be used as a worthwhile reference for clutter mitigation, carrier frequency selection or radar system evaluation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010 - Proceedings
Pages1397-1400
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 26 Sep 201029 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period26/09/1029/09/10

Keywords

  • Clutter region segmentation
  • HF surface wave radar
  • Ionospheric clutter identification
  • Spread ionospheric clutter

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