Active calibration target for bistatic radar cross-section measurements
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Pienaar, Monique
Odendaal, J.W. (Johann Wilhelm)
Joubert, Johan
Cilliers, J.E.
Smit, J.C.
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Abstract
Either passive calibration targets are expensive and complex to manufacture or their bistatic RCS levels are significantly lower than the monostatic RCS levels of targets such as spheres, dihedral- and trihedral corner reflectors. In this paper the performance of an active calibration target with relative high bistatic RCS values is illustrated as a reference target for bistatic RCS measurements. The reference target is simple to manufacture, operates over a wide frequency range and can be configured to calibrate all four polarizations (VV, HH, HV and VH). Bistatic RCS measurements of canonical targets, performed in a controlled environment, are calibrated with the reference target and the results are compared to simulated results using FEKO.
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Active calibration, Bistatic radar, Cross-section measurements, Radar cross section (RCS)
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Pienaar, M, Odendaal, JW, Joubert, J, Cilliers, JE & Smit, JC 2016, 'Active calibration target for bistatic radar cross-section measurements', Radio Science, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 515-523.