Monitoring by forward scatter radar techniques: an improved second-order analytical model

Marta Tecla Falconi; Davide Comite; Alessandro Galli; Frank S. Marzano; Debora Pastina; Pierfrancesco Lombardo

doi:10.1117/12.2279615

3 October 2017 Monitoring by forward scatter radar techniques: an improved second-order analytical model

Marta Tecla Falconi, Davide Comite, Alessandro Galli, Frank S. Marzano, Debora Pastina, Pierfrancesco Lombardo

Proceedings Volume 10426, Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring; 1042609 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2279615
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

In this work, a second-order phase approximation is introduced to provide an improved analytical model of the signal received in forward scatter radar systems. A typical configuration with a rectangular metallic object illuminated while crossing the baseline, in far- or near-field conditions, is considered. An improved second-order model is compared with a simplified one already proposed by the authors and based on a paraxial approximation. A phase error analysis is carried out to investigate benefits and limitations of the second-order modeling. The results are validated by developing full-wave numerical simulations implementing the relevant scattering problem on a commercial tool.

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Marta Tecla Falconi, Davide Comite, Alessandro Galli, Frank S. Marzano, Debora Pastina, and Pierfrancesco Lombardo " Monitoring by forward scatter radar techniques: an improved second-order analytical model", Proc. SPIE 10426, Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, 1042609 (3 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2279615

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