In this work, two approaches are investigated to improve target detection performance. The two approaches are called the matched waveform and the variable chirp waveform. Both of these approaches are described here and an example is shown for each. The example is based upon data synthetically generated from damped exponential point scatterer data. The relevant metric is based upon the total energy produced for a given target over an appropriate area in an image or image-like product.

Inspec keywords: radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; radar detection

Other keywords: matched waveform; SAR-based target detection; variable chirp waveform; synthetic aperture radar; nontraditional transmit waveforms; image-like product; damped exponential point scatterer data

Subjects: Signal detection; Radar equipment, systems and applications