Simulation and analysis of human micro-Dopplers in through-wall environments

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 2015-2023

  Ram, Shobha Sundar ^a   Christianson, Craig ^a   Kim, Youngwook ^a   Ling, Hao ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique; Humans; micro Doppler; Radar signatures; Through wall propagation

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICRO-DOPPLER; RADAR SIGNATURES; THROUGH WALLS;

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMAIN WALLS; DOPPLER RADAR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DOPPLER EFFECT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFRACTION;

EID: 80052470325     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2037219     Document Type: Article

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