VHF/UHF imagery and RCS measurements of ground targets in forested terrain

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4727, Issue , 2002, Pages 80-90

  Gatesman, A J ^a   Beaudoin, C ^a   Giles, R H ^a   Waldman, J ^a   Nixon, W E ^b  

^a Submillimeter Wave Technol Lab   (United States)

^b US Army National Ground Intelligence Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoy; Imagery; Radar; Signature; Trees; UHF; VHF

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

FOLIAGE PENETRATION; FORESTED TERRAIN; SCALE MODELS; ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY; X BAND;

RADAR IMAGING;

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FORESTRY; FREQUENCY; IMAGES; MODELS; RADAR; TREES;

EID: 0036907323     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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