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Fine Resolution of Radar Targets

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Radar Target Imaging

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In this chapter, we present an overview, aided by a systematic progression of concrete examples, of the mathematical and especially the physical details which enter into a description of the radar target scattering process. Mathematically, the singularity expansion method (SEM) is a powerful approach to the calculation and understanding of radar scattering. The corresponding physical illumination of this process is provided, however, by the theory of creeping waves, which naturally leads to the resonance scattering theory on which the SEM is based. The connection between these various methods is pointed out in this chapter, and applications to the inverse scattering problem are discussed.

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Überall, H. (1994). Fine Resolution of Radar Targets. In: Boerner, WM., Überall, H. (eds) Radar Target Imaging. Springer Series on Wave Phenomena, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85112-4_3

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