Analysis of Signal Processing Methods for Formation of Radar Range Profiles

A range profile (RP) is a vector of reflected powers from a target by the range direction and is used for the purpose of target recognition. In this paper, a problem of formation of RPs is investigated. The well-known difference operator and window-based methods are analyzed with data from a coastal surveillance radar. The drawbacks of those methods are shown. Then, a new method is presented to improve the performance of formation of RPs.