Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters

The development of radar systems requires extensive testing. However, field experiments are costly and time-consuming. Sea clutter simulation is of great significance for evaluating radar system detection performance. Traditional clutter simulation methods are unable to achieve clutter simulation ba...

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Main Authors: Peng Zeng, Yushi Zhang, Xiaoyun Xia, Jinpeng Zhang, Pengbo Du, Zhiheng Hua, Shuhan Li
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author Peng Zeng
Yushi Zhang
Xiaoyun Xia
Jinpeng Zhang
Pengbo Du
Zhiheng Hua
Shuhan Li
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Yushi Zhang
Xiaoyun Xia
Jinpeng Zhang
Pengbo Du
Zhiheng Hua
Shuhan Li
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description The development of radar systems requires extensive testing. However, field experiments are costly and time-consuming. Sea clutter simulation is of great significance for evaluating radar system detection performance. Traditional clutter simulation methods are unable to achieve clutter simulation based on the description of environmental parameters, which leads to a certain gap from practical applications. Therefore, this paper proposes a sea clutter simulation method based on the deep cognition of characteristic parameters. Firstly, the proposed method innovatively constructs a shared multi-task neural network, which compensates for the lack of integrated prediction of multi-dimensional characteristic parameters of sea clutter. Furthermore, based on the predicted clutter characteristic parameters combined with the spatial–temporal correlated K-distribution clutter simulation method, and considering the modulation of radar antenna patterns, the whole process of end-to-end simulation from measurement condition parameters to clutter data is accomplished for the first time. Finally, four metrics are cited for a comprehensive evaluation of the simulated clutter data. Based on the experimental results using measured data, the data simulated by this method have a correlation of over 93% in statistical characteristics with the measured data. The results demonstrate that this method can achieve the accurate simulation of sea clutter data based on measured condition parameters.
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spelling doaj-art-fc9a916df31a45ef939c31a9f7fba9f42024-12-27T14:51:04ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922024-12-011624474110.3390/rs16244741Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic ParametersPeng Zeng0Yushi Zhang1Xiaoyun Xia2Jinpeng Zhang3Pengbo Du4Zhiheng Hua5Shuhan Li6National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao 266107, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao 266107, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao 266107, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao 266107, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao 266107, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao 266107, ChinaCollege of Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, ChinaThe development of radar systems requires extensive testing. However, field experiments are costly and time-consuming. Sea clutter simulation is of great significance for evaluating radar system detection performance. Traditional clutter simulation methods are unable to achieve clutter simulation based on the description of environmental parameters, which leads to a certain gap from practical applications. Therefore, this paper proposes a sea clutter simulation method based on the deep cognition of characteristic parameters. Firstly, the proposed method innovatively constructs a shared multi-task neural network, which compensates for the lack of integrated prediction of multi-dimensional characteristic parameters of sea clutter. Furthermore, based on the predicted clutter characteristic parameters combined with the spatial–temporal correlated K-distribution clutter simulation method, and considering the modulation of radar antenna patterns, the whole process of end-to-end simulation from measurement condition parameters to clutter data is accomplished for the first time. Finally, four metrics are cited for a comprehensive evaluation of the simulated clutter data. Based on the experimental results using measured data, the data simulated by this method have a correlation of over 93% in statistical characteristics with the measured data. The results demonstrate that this method can achieve the accurate simulation of sea clutter data based on measured condition parameters.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/24/4741sea cluttercharacteristic parametersshared multi-task neural networkintegrated prediction modelK-distributionend-to-end simulation method
spellingShingle Peng Zeng
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Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters
Remote Sensing
sea clutter
characteristic parameters
shared multi-task neural network
integrated prediction model
K-distribution
end-to-end simulation method
title Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters
title_full Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters
title_fullStr Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters
title_full_unstemmed Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters
title_short Research on Sea Clutter Simulation Method Based on Deep Cognition of Characteristic Parameters
title_sort research on sea clutter simulation method based on deep cognition of characteristic parameters
topic sea clutter
characteristic parameters
shared multi-task neural network
integrated prediction model
K-distribution
end-to-end simulation method
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/24/4741
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