Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Optimizing Two-Tone Spurious-Free Dynamic Range for Polarimetric Agile Radar Receivers Zhijian Li#,*1, L.P. Ligthart*, Peikang Huang&, Weining Lu#, W.F. van der Zwan*, O.A. Krasnov* and E.P. Lys* Nanjing Electronic Equipment Institute 35 Hou Biao Ying St., 210007 Nanjing, China 1 # Zhijian.Li-TUDelft.nl IRCTR, Delft University of Technology Meke

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Hough detector with an OS CFAR processor in Presence of Randomly Arriving Impulse Interference Lyubka Doukovska1, Christo Kabakchiev2, Vladimir Kyovtorov1, Ivan Garvanov1 1 Institute of Information Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences "Acad. G. Bonchev" Str., bl. 2, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria l.doukovska-mail.bg vladimir.kyovtorov-gmail.com igarv

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Sensor Tasking Management in a Networked Force Maurice Houtsma Thales Netherlands B.V. Above Water Systems P.O. Box 42 7550 GD Hengelo the Netherlands maurice.houtsma-nl.thalesgroup.com Abstract-- Sensor Tasking Management (STM) is a concept that has been under development at Thales Netherlands for a number of years. This work was driven by the obs

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference A compact mm-wave spaceborne SAR concept M.P.G. Otten #1, H.J. Cruijssen*2, G.J. Vollmuller**3, R. Grooters#4 TNO Defence Security and Safety PO Box 96864, 2509 JG The Hague, The Netherlands 4 # matern.otten-tno.nl reindert.grooters-tno.nl * 1 Dutch Space PO Box 32070, 2303 DB Leiden, The Netherlands 2 h.cruijssen-dutchspace.nl National Aeros

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Illumination Constraints for Forward-looking Radar Receivers in Bistatic SAR Geometries Jens Balke 1, Dietmar Matthes 2, Torsten Mathy 3 FHR-PSK, FGAN Neuenahrer Straße 20, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany balke-fgan.de 2 mat-fgan.de 3 torsten.mathy-fgan.de Abstract-- The use of bistatic geometries in radar applications offers new ways in passive imaging f

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Millimeter-Wave Imaging of Dielectric Objects Using First Order Scattering Models Sebastian Bertl and J¨ rgen Detlefsen u Technische Universit¨ t M¨ nchen a u Fachgebiet Hochfrequente Felder und Schaltungen sebastian.bertl-tum.de, detlefsen-tum.de Abstract--For the reconstruction of scattering centers using the Synthetic Aperture Radar principle

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Automotive Radar Technology for Detecting Road Conditions. Backscattering Properties of Dry, Wet, and Icy Asphalt Ville Viikari, Timo Varpula and Mikko Kantanen VTT Sensors Technical Research Centre of Finland P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland ville.viikari-vtt.fi timo.varpula-vtt.fi mikko.kantanen-vtt.fi Abstract-- This paper proposes that aut

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Monitoring of bridges using coherent radar: detection of longitudinal and torsional modes Massimiliano Pieraccini1, Matteo Fratini2, Filippo Parrini3, Carlo Atzeni4 Department of Electronics and Telecommunications University of Florence Via Santa Marta, 3 50139 Firenze, Italy 1 massimiliano.pieraccini-unifi.it 2 matteo.fratini-unifi.it 3 filippo.p

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference C-Band Transceiver Testbed with Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Filter for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Communications Christoph Seifarth #1 , Robert Draheim # , Gerd Scholl # # Institute of Electrical Measurement Engineering, Helmut Schmidt University / Univ. of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany 1 christoph.s

Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference Enhanced weather information for Air Traffic Controllers using comprehensive sensor and data assimilation procedures André Weipert 1, Ronald Hannesen 2 Selex SI GmbH ­ Gematronik Weather Radar Systems Raiffeisenstr. 10, 41470 Neuss, Germany 1 2 a.weipert-gematronik.com r.hannesen-gematronik.com Abstract--Up to 60% of all delays in aviation are re