Incorporation of Sea-Surface Clutter in Infrared Scenes for Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Models

摘要

Advanced techniques for generating infrared (IR) scenes of a maritime environment for use in an imaging infrared (IIR) Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) are discussed. The enhancements include the incorporation of a cluttered sea surface using an improved version of the Mermelstein sea-surface model. The US Naval Research Laboratory has implemented this capability for generating uncorrelated clutter into IR scenes for use in the CRUISE_Missiles ASCM model. These techniques for capturing the more complex features of the environment will become increasingly important as more low-observable (LO) ships, advanced imaging ASCMs and new IR decoy techniques are designed and deployed. This paper presents the design and implementation of a static clutter model, as well as a qualitative validation of the synthesized scenes based on field data.