A weather signal detection algorithm based on EVD in elevation for airborne weather radar

Interest is growing in the application of the spatial location information from weather scenario to the monitoring of meteorological signal for airborne weather radar system. Here, a new algorithm utilizes the differences between ground clutter and meteorological signal in terms of the spatial locat...

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Published in:Digital signal processing Vol. 116; p. 103118
Main Authors: Wang, Yu, Wu, Di, Yu, Qinghao, Zhu, Daiyin, Meng, Fanwang
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc 01.09.2021
Subjects:
Airborne weather radar
Dual-channel
The second eigenvalue
Weather signal detection
Dual-channel
Airborne weather radar
Weather signal detection
The second eigenvalue
ISSN:1051-2004, 1095-4333
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Summary:Interest is growing in the application of the spatial location information from weather scenario to the monitoring of meteorological signal for airborne weather radar system. Here, a new algorithm utilizes the differences between ground clutter and meteorological signal in terms of the spatial location in elevation dimension to achieve weather signal detection (WSD). Specifically, weather signal submerged in ground clutter background is detected over a so-called diagram of the second eigenvalue to improve weather observation. Generally, this diagram is acquired by implementing eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) operation on raw data which is collected via dual-channel in elevation. For WSD, the second eigenvalue in the diagram is employed as the test statistic. And this study investigates the statistics of the second eigenvalue in the case that weather signal component, ground clutter component and Gaussian noise are all complex Gaussian distributed and they are statistically independent. Based on the statistics, a constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) detector is also designed and then the second eigenvalue of the cell under test undergoes the CFAR detector to screen out the pixels containing meteorological signal component. Simulations, as well as experimental results, are presented to demonstrate the theoretical analysis and to evaluate the detection performance of the proposed EVD-based algorithm. As compared to most of the current WSD approaches, the presented EVD-based method really shows increased detection capability and great robustness.
ISSN:1051-2004
1095-4333
DOI:10.1016/j.dsp.2021.103118