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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Samiur
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Duncan Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T13:30:05Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T13:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-21
dc.identifier256579874
dc.identifierad18bf3a-5af7-4f37-8e30-30f00c9769b6
dc.identifier85061901378
dc.identifier000459159700017
dc.identifier.citationRahman , S & Robertson , D A 2019 , ' In-flight RCS measurements of drones and birds at K-band and W-band ' , IET Radar Sonar and Navigation , vol. 13 , no. 2 , 8646807 , pp. 300-309 . https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rsn.2018.5122en
dc.identifier.issn1751-8784
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4042-2772/work/50743672
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-5477-4218/work/50744000
dc.identifier.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8646807
dc.descriptionFunding: UK Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/N006569/1 (DR).en
dc.description.abstractThis study presents the in-flight radar cross-section (RCS) data of drones and birds at K-band and W-band obtained from extensive experimental trials. The focus of this study is to demonstrate the RCS characteristics of these targets in practical scenarios, hence experimental results are used exclusively. Owing to variations in orientation, aspect angle and target motion, the measured RCS values of these targets fluctuate significantly during their flight. Three very well-calibrated frequency modulated continuous wave radar systems, one operating at the K-band (24 GHz) and two at W-band (94 GHz), have been used to collect data for RCS analysis. Three drones of different sizes (DJI Phantom 3 Standard, DJI Inspire 1 and DJI S900 Hexacopter) and four birds of prey of different sizes (Northern Hawk Owl, Harris Hawk, Indian Eagle Owl and Tawny Eagle) have been used for data collection. The results demonstrate that the RCS scales broadly with the size of the target, consistent with the optical scattering regime and that the RCS values for each target are comparable at the K-band and the W-band. The statistical distribution of RCS for each target falls within a certain range which is useful for predicting the performance of a drone detection radar.
dc.format.extent10
dc.format.extent2786362
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofIET Radar Sonar and Navigationen
dc.subjectStatistical distributionsen
dc.subjectCW radaren
dc.subjectRemotely operated vehiclesen
dc.subjectRadar cross-sectionsen
dc.subjectAirborne radaren
dc.subjectFM radaren
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectT Technologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.subject.lccTen
dc.titleIn-flight RCS measurements of drones and birds at K-band and W-banden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doi10.1049/iet-rsn.2018.5122
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/N006569/1en


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