Low-Angle Radar Land Clutter

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PRELIMINARY X-BAND CLUTTER MEASUREMENTS

2.1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2 provides general information describing the amplitude distributions of X-band land clutter returns received from regions of visible ground, based on Phase Zero measurements at 106 sites. Subsequent chapters provide similar information at other frequencies. In presenting land clutter data and results, Chapter 2 attempts both to do justice to describing a very complex phenomenon, and also to efficiently provide useful and easily accessible modeling information. The result is a chapter that provides increasing insight into the clutter phenomenon by cyclically building up an understanding of the many interacting influences affecting clutter amplitude statistics. As insights are ...