In this chapter we consider simulation techniques that enable us to study various aspects of radar performance, in circumstances where an analytic attack may not be possible, or particularly informative. To complement the analytic clutter modelling discussed in Chapter 4, we will develop methods for the numerical simulation of unwanted radar returns. The clutter models in Chapter 4 are exclusively statistical; this prejudice is still evident in our choice of simulation methods. In essence, we address the problem of generating correlated random numbers with prescribed one and two point statistics (i.e. pdf and correlation function) that incorporate the physical insights developed in Chapters 2-4.

Inspec keywords: random processes; radar clutter; statistical distributions; numerical analysis; correlation methods

Other keywords: unwanted radar returns; analytic clutter modelling; K distribution; numerical simulation; radar performance; clutter models; correlated random numbers; sea clutter; random process; analytic attack

Subjects: Radar theory