Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1990

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Neelakanta, Perambur S.

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with the evaluation of radar detection performance specific to the following target and background considerations: (1) Stochastical description and determination of the envelope statistics pertaining to radar clutter of the coastline regions. (2) Detection of low-altitude targets by sea-borne radars operating near the coastline; and (3) Fractal characterization of the ocean surface as viewed by a satellite-based radar altimeter. The first problem refers to the elucidation of the most appropriate statistics that would describe the relevant envelope distribution of the clutter caused by the dual region of sea and land of a typical coastline environment. In the second analysis, performance of the radar in terms of false-alarm and detection probabilities is predicted. The third effort addressed provides a fractal description of the ocean surface as viewed by a satellite based radar altimeter. By characterizing the ocean bed as a fractal surface, the extent to which the sea surface data contributes errors to the mispointing/autoboresight information is ascertained.

Extent

153 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1990.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14651

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