AN EFFECTIVE POLARIMETRIC DETECTION OF SMALL-SCALE MAN-MADE RADAR OBJECTS ON THE SEA SURFACE

摘要

The effectiveness of object detection by polarimetric radar is demonstrated in this paper. The experiments were focused on small-scale and man-made radar objects floating on the sea surface. The method of the polarization detection is described based on measurements of polarization invariant parameters of the radar object. The Neyman-Pearson criterion is used for the theoretical evaluation of small-scale polarimetric target detection. The results of experimental data processing confirm the high effectiveness of using radar objects polarization invariants for this detection problem.