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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 46 Number 4, April 1998

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Normalization and Interpretation of Radar Images

J. Paul Skinner, Brian M. Kent, Senior Member, IEEE, Ronald C. Wittmann, Senior Member, IEEE, Dean L. Mensa, Senior Member, IEEE, and Dennis J. Andersh, Member, IEEE

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Abstract:

Calibrated radar images are often quantified as radar cross section. This interpretation, which is not strictly correct, can lead to misunderstanding of test target scattering properties. To avoid confusion, we recommend that a term such as "scattering brightness" (defined below) be adopted as a standard label for image-domain data.

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